- 41. Poor School Performance: How Parents Can Help
- (School)
- ... the root of the problem may be school related and nothing more, a drop in grades can be a warning sign of one of the underlying causes below: Physical ailments: undiagnosed sleep disorders, anemia, ...
- 42. Pump Up the Diet with Iron
- (Nutrition)
- ... who run a lot have excess iron needs. Lack of iron means lower levels of hemoglobin leading to anemia, tiredness, weakness, increased susceptibility to infection, and other symptoms. Most people know ...
- 43. Birth Control for Sexually Active Teens
- (Dating & Sex)
- ... impressive health benefits, including reduced risks of ovarian and endometrial cancers, benign breast tumors, ovarian cysts, pelvic inflammatory disease, tubal (ectopic) pregnancy and iron-deficiency anemia. ...
- 44. Vegetarian Diets for Children
- (Nutrition)
- ... lead to anemia and other severe complications. ...
- 45. Uterine fibroids
- (Uterine fibroids)
- ... discomfort and may lead to complications such as anemia from heavy blood loss. In rare instances, fibroid tumors can grow out of your uterus on a stalk-like projection. If the fibroid twists on this stalk, ...
- 46. Myelodysplastic syndromes
- (Myelodysplastic syndromes)
- ... the early stages of the disease. In time, myelodysplastic syndromes may cause: Fatigue Shortness of breath Unusual paleness (pallor) due to anemia Easy or unusual bruising or bleeding Pinpoint-sized ...
- 47. Dietary Supplements for Toddlers
- (Nutrition)
- ... pediatrician about which supplements are needed and the amounts. Iron deficiency does occur among some young children and can lead to anemia (a condition that limits the ability of the blood to carry ...
- 48. Watching for Complications
- (Preemie)
- ... risk. If the condition is severe, treatment may include medication or surgery. The surgery to correct reflux is called fundoplication. Anemia While your baby is in intermediate care, blood counts (hematocrit ...
- 49. Health Issues of Premature Babies
- (Preemie)
- ... it involves placing the undressed baby under special lights (while her eyes are covered to protect them). Other Health Problems Other conditions sometimes seen in preterm babies include anemia of prematurity ...
- 50. Apnea Monitors
- (Preemie)
- ... out other physiologic causes for your baby’s apnea, such as anemia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, bronchospasm related to underlying bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or seizures. Babies diagnosed with ...
- 51. Myasthenia gravis
- (Myasthenia gravis)
- ... makes your body use energy too quickly. Pernicious anemia. This is a condition in which vitamin B-12 is not properly absorbed from the diet, leading to anemia or neurological problems. After ...
- 52. Why Formula Instead of Cow's Milk?
- (Feeding & Nutrition)
- ... amounts of iron, vitamin C, and other nutrients that infants need. It may even cause iron-deficiency anemia in some babies, since cow’s milk protein can irritate the lining of the stomach and intestine, ...
- 53. Vitamin & Iron Supplements
- (Feeding & Nutrition)
- ... formula, he generally will receive adequate vitamins because formula has added vitamins. Iron Supplements Most babies are born with sufficient reserves of iron that will protect them from anemia. If ...
- 54. Switching To Solid Foods
- (Feeding & Nutrition)
- ... of nitrates. Nitrates are chemicals that can cause an unusual type of anemia (low blood count) in young babies. Commercially prepared vegetables are safer because the manufacturers test for nitrates. Peas, ...
- 55. Muscle cramp
- (Muscle cramp)
- ... potassium. Muscle cramps are also part of certain conditions such as nerve, kidney, thyroid or hormone disorders; diabetes; hypoglycemia; and anemia. Make an appointment with your doctor if you ...
- 56. Choosing a Formula
- (Feeding & Nutrition)
- ... iron added. These iron-fortified formulas have dramatically reduced the rate of iron-deficiency anemia in infancy in recent decades. Some infants do not have enough natural reserves of iron, a mineral ...
- 57. Multiple myeloma
- (Multiple myeloma)
- ... which are called light chains or Bence Jones proteins, damage the kidneys. Anemia-related fatigue. This fatigue occurs as myeloma cells replace oxygen-carrying red blood cells in your bone marrow. ...
- 58. Kawasaki disease
- (Kawasaki disease)
- ... diseases, blood tests look at white blood cell count, which is likely to be elevated, and the presence of anemia and inflammation, indications of Kawasaki disease. Electrocardiogram. This test uses ...
- 59. Mononucleosis
- (Mononucleosis )
- ... can also result in the following less common complications: Anemia — a decrease in red blood cells and in hemoglobin, an iron-rich protein in red blood cells Thrombocytopenia — low count of platelets, ...
- 60. Molar pregnancy
- (Molar pregnancy )
- ... Anemia Overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) A molar pregnancy is caused by an abnormally fertilized egg. Human cells normally contain 23 pairs of chromosomes. One chromosome in each pair comes ...
