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Do Symptoms Such As Irritation, Stiffness Of Body And HB Level Refer To Meningitis?

My son is 6 and half months old now. Last month on 11th of march he was admitted to hopital by the specialist for the treatment of ARI and suspected case of meningitis, because Dr. Wrote on the prescription, movement of eye balls, irritation, poor feeding and baby had so much stiffness and moving head downward when picking in hands. After admission they took a blood report in which his HB was 9.8, Lymphocyts was 50 and tlc was also a bit high. Before admission he was also taking the antibiotics Rocephin, Kalarcid and Hizonate. Then he admitted to hospital and after the treatment of one week (vancomycin, meronum and ceftriaxone). He was quite well and we discharged after 7 days of treatment and remained oral medicines after discharge like ORELOX syrup, after it Ciproflaxin for five days and now i left all the medicines becuase he is quite well. Now i wanna ask that how his HB could be raized i mean i am giving him Banana, Formula Milk Nan2 and Nestele Cerelac. What other things could be useful for him so his HB could be raised. Because now he is also has some sort of gum pain when i pick him he bit my shoulder with pressure. Thank you.
Wed, 5 Oct 2016
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to evaluate child for anemia ( low hb ) er must pay attention to the age , which is 6 month for your child , there is an entity called physiological Anemia which is between the age of 3-6 months , HB usually falls to around 10 , MCV is usually normal but can be low , RDW is normal to slightly high .
so I suggest giving him the daily requirment of iron which is 1 mg / kg and repeat the hb in 1 month , if it's not raised then increase the dose to 6 mg / kg .
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Do Symptoms Such As Irritation, Stiffness Of Body And HB Level Refer To Meningitis?

to evaluate child for anemia ( low hb ) er must pay attention to the age , which is 6 month for your child , there is an entity called physiological Anemia which is between the age of 3-6 months , HB usually falls to around 10 , MCV is usually normal but can be low , RDW is normal to slightly high . so I suggest giving him the daily requirment of iron which is 1 mg / kg and repeat the hb in 1 month , if it s not raised then increase the dose to 6 mg / kg . I hope this helps