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Child With Low Haemoglobin And Bad Food Habitat, Prescribed Victofol, Front Teeth Turned Black. Reason?
my son is 4 and half yrs old. he is only 16 kgs weight. he wants to eat only fried vegetables rather than good healthy diet . our paediatrician prescribed him vitcofol syrup 2 times a day since his HB is 11.6. he is very thin. after having this syrup for 1 week, his front teeth had turned now in black colour. what is the reason? do we need to stop that syrup? its only an iron supplement . pls help and give medical advice.
Mon, 18 Feb 2013
hello
thanks for writing to healthcaremagic
you should definitely change his eating pattern of eating only fried vegetables
do this by forming a example for him to follow............explain that its wrong to eat fried stuff
when on takes iron syrup the teeth can get stained
so i advise to gargle and spit after having iron syrup
hope this helps
take care
thanks for writing to healthcaremagic
you should definitely change his eating pattern of eating only fried vegetables
do this by forming a example for him to follow............explain that its wrong to eat fried stuff
when on takes iron syrup the teeth can get stained
so i advise to gargle and spit after having iron syrup
hope this helps
take care
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