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What Causes Vitamin-D And Iron Deficiency In A Baby?
my toddler (2 years old) suffered from low hemoglobin and Iron His Hemoglobin level was 6.2-he was put on sytron for 7 months and it slowly increased to a normal rate. Now they have found very low vit D. He is on supplements. My son has a very good and varied diet so i m worried abuot the causes of these. Are there any other reasons why a toddler would have a vit d and iron deficiency?
Mon, 31 Aug 2015
Pica can be a cause of iron and vitamin D defeciency, check out if ur kid is eating out mud or something like that. Daily exposure to sunlight at least one hour will help in vitamin D def
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