Learning Disorders and Mental Deficiency The varying degrees of cerebral palsy and spastic paralysis are usually evident soon after birth in the movement and reflexes of the child, but lesser degrees of hypoxic, ischemic brain damage may remain hidden for years. [6] Iron deficiency anemia in infants is associated with learning disorders and behavioral problems to the point of mental retardation when these children reach grade school; [14] the degree of mental retardation increases with more severe degrees of infant anemia. [15] At birth, no newborn is anemic; adequate iron is supplied from the mother regardless of her iron status. Any newborn that receives a full placental transfusion at birth has enough iron to prevent anemia during the first year of life. [13] It is, therefore, reasonable to conclude that full placental transfusion will prevent the mental retardation, behavioral disorders and learning disabilities that occur following infant anemia. The immediately clamped newborn may be missing one third to one half of its normal blood volume and is very prone to develop infant anemia, [13] and as shown previously, it is also at risk for hypoxic, ischemic brain damage at birth. While some studies on treatment of the anemia in infancy have shown some behavioral improvement, most studies show no improvement or prevention of the brain dysfunction following correction of anemia, [16] making it difficult to establish a cause and effect relationship between anemia and brain dysfunction.. IN HONOR OF MAKY LE MESSIAH HIMES..
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