Is it Necessary to Use Protective Iron Therapy for Every Child

Abstract

Is it Necessary to Use Protective Iron Therapy for Every Child Introduction: Iron deficiency affects the children during their developmental stage. Iron deficiency could cause serious and irreversible losses in children’s physical and cognitive development. The most important factor affecting newborns’ serum iron levels is maternal iron status. Iron deficiency in women of childbearing age could be aggravated by pregnancy,as a result of these newborns begin life with lower iron levels. To prevent this negativity in our country babies who have completed four months are started on protective iron therapy. Orally administered iron preparations are drugs that lower patient compliance. In our study, we compared iron levels of blood samples taken in neonates and after 4 months. We tried to identify the level of the cord blood iron level that can guarantee healthy iron levels and does not require preventive treatment of 4-month- babies. We aimed to find the children at risk, by this way we aimed to contribute to lowering the cost of treatment and also increase patient compliance.