Objective: To study the effect of the supplementation of vitamin A along with standard dose of iron on hematopoiesis in children with documented iron deficiency anemia. Design: A hospital based prospective study. Place and Duration: Carried out for 6 months on children with documented iron deficiency anemia in OPD and indoor patients of the department of paediatric medicine, Medical College Kol...

In regions with a high infectious disease burden, concerns have been raised about the safety of iron supplementation because higher iron concentrations in the gut lumen may increase risk of enteropathogen infection. The aim of this study was to investigate interactions of the enteropathogen Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica Typhimurium with intestinal cells under different iron concentrations e...

BACKGROUND Maternal nutritional is the most important environmental factor influencing pregnancy outcome. While studies showed association between maternal iron-micronutrient deficiencies with pregnancy outcome, data examining impact of micronutrient supplementation on growth rate beyond birth are sparse. Present study examined the relationship between iron and multivitamins supplementation on ...

Iron folic acid (IFA) supplementation is used world over for reducing the prevalence of anemia. The objective of the present investigation is to study the sustainable effect of long term weekly Iron Folic Acid supplementation along with deworming on growth and haemoglobin status of rural school children. Method: Three schools were selected for the study. One school was a control group where no ...

Knowledge about the impact of maternal food and micronutrient supplementation on infant micronutrient status is limited. We examined the effect of maternal food and micronutrient supplementation on infant micronutrient status in the Maternal and Infant Nutrition Interventions in Matlab Trial. Pregnant women (n = 4436) were randomized to Early or Usual promotion of enrollment in a food supplemen...

Knowledge about the impact of maternal food andmicronutrient supplementation on infant micronutrient status is limited. We examined the effect of maternal food and micronutrient supplementation on infant micronutrient status in the Maternal and Infant Nutrition Interventions in Matlab Trial. Pregnant women (n = 4436) were randomized to Early or Usual promotion of enrollment in a food supplement...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with chronic intestinal inflammation, complications, and variable extraint-estinal manifestations. 1-3 Although anemia is one of the most common extraintestinal manifestations and can affect quality of life in patients with IBD, it's clinical importance has been underestimated. However, in a recently issued Western guideline, which placed focused o...

BACKGROUND It is customary in Southeast Asia to treat pregnant anemic women with iron supplements, but anemia in this region may be complicated by thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies, which lead to an ineffective response. OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine whether routine iron supplementation during pregnancy in this area, which has a high prevalence of thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies, is ...