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This is my son's report. He is thalassemia minor and I am giving him iron supplement ferosoft for a month now but hb keeps declining. Please recommend what should I do as iron supplement doesn't suit him and he gets severely constipated. Doctor suggested iron for a month and then asked me to drop and get him tested. I am also trying to meet iron deficiency through nutritional value by giving him red meat beans green veggies in his diet.
Homayoun Sheikh - General Physician
MD, Specialty Certificate (Acute Medicine) UK, MRCP (UK), Post Graduate Diploma of cardiologist (UK) | Karachi
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Try changing the brand of the supplement. Use high fiber diet for constipation.
Hi . I can understand your concerns regarding your son’s health . Let me tell you some important things in order to reduce the unwanted side-effects of iron such as constipation. 1- Take it with a small amount of food during or shortly after eating.2- Advise him to drink plenty of water . 3- Avoid taking it with milk or antacids. 4- Take stool softeners such as fibre diet including fruits and vegetables. 5 - If it still causes constipation then try an alternative pharmaceutical product. 6- If Hb keeps declining , then consider blood transfusion as it’s the quickest way to maintain Hb within desired range in Thalassemia patients. I hope this will help you in taking care of your son .
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I keep high fibre food in his diet and we also tried different stool softener as well. But this constipation persists sometimes for more than a week and when we gets relief his school is all bloodied that's why it concerns me. He's also lactose intolerant so it also adds up
2 years ago
better choise is to give him iron rich foods naturally
eg Apple juices ,oranges,
red meat, chicken liver, fish, boilled eggs , spinach etc
and also can give iron supplements and and tonic in low dose or with Stool softener stool softener
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