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  • Ds is turning 4 yo and for the past 9 mos has had low iron stores, ped keeps telling us to add iron supplement, multi with iron, cut out milk, increase dietary iron, we keep doing this and iron stores still low. He is not anemic- it is just iron stores. I googled and found this pattern is found with ADHD. We have been worried about DS b/c he can not sit still, always jumping, shaking, can't deal with circle time, etc. Now to read this correlation I am wondering if any of you know anything about this. My ped seems to blow this off, but she has no answers for the low iron and just keeps telling me to give multi (which we already do). Any advice on who to see for a 2nd opinion? In Bklyn, btw. TIA

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    05.07.08, 03:32 PM [ Flag ]
    • Are you Italian by any chance? I have MEditerranean Anemia. My iron is always low no matter how much I eat or how many pills I take. My body just doesn't hold a lot of iron. I am not "technically" anemic. My condition is only important to know bec because if I marry someone w/ the same condition, we could have w/ a terrible health situation (Thalisemia).

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      05.07.08, 03:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • OP: No, northern German. Although many of my mom's sisters have low iron and are very fair (as is DS), but when I asked ped about this she pooh-poohed it

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        05.07.08, 03:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        • Why does the ped even know about the iron stores, especially since she is so unconcerned? My kids never had their iron tested...

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          05.07.08, 03:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
          • OP: My kids have complete blood work-up at age 1 and 3 (lead, etc.) and we found it at the 3 yo appt.

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            05.07.08, 03:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • I know of a pediatric neurologist who is very into dietary issues. I don't have her contact but her name is Maya Klein-Shetreat.

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      05.07.08, 03:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • are you reffering to ferritin level? Know a lot about this....

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      05.07.08, 07:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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