AboutAsk Suz Expertise I can answer questions regarding helping or curing various diseases and ailments as well as make suggestions on what not to do and give my opinion on what traditional medicine says on the subject given. I believe we need doctors for certain problems such as broken bones but I personally have rarely seen a doctor in over ten years. I take over ten supplements per day at age sixty-two. I will do my best to assist in anything from minor infections to major disease but will readily admit when I cannot offer someone any help. I have discovered a fairly novel approach to weightloss in which I have lost ten pounds.
Experience I have been helping heal myself, friends and family for ten years and have studied alternative medicine for fifteen years beginning in
approximately 1991.
Education/Credentials AA degree Psychology, minor in nursing
Question Good Day,
I have a 3 year old girl that is Iron Deficient and takes 2 ml of Iron drops a day. Because of this she is constipated and when she does have a bm (every other day) it is very large (1 1/2 to 2" diameter 4-6 inches long) and compacted causing pain. Is there anything I can do to help her with either issue?
Answer Hi Terra,
Do you know why she's anemic? Does she eat meat everyday?
Was she raised on iron fortified formula or cows' milk? After your child is 12 months old, if you stop breastfeeding or using iron-fortified formula, you should feed your toddler meat, chicken, fish, whole grains, enriched bread and cereal, dark green vegetables, and beans. Vitamin C is also important because it helps the body absorb iron. You should limit your child to less than 24 oz of cow's milk per day. (That's 3 cups of milk.) You might try giving your child yogurt and cheese. You also may want to continue giving vitamins with iron. They sell vitamins with probiotics--live bacteria such as acidophilus that would be good, especially if they are chewable ones that say "extra C."
The large bm's are actually normal in someone her age. My grandson's are large, too. Buy some aloe vera gel in capsules or in a bottle; for internal use. Each day, stick a needle in the end of the capsule and squirt it in flavored yogurt and stir or use a teaspoon of aloe. Make sure she has "iron fortified" cereals. Aloe vera should be refrigerated; use it in anything in which she'll eat it like in a smoothie. Put frozen fruit, water or iron fortified formula in a blender with the aloe vera between meals as a snack or for breakfast with her cereal. Do a search on "food for kids with iron." Good luck and write back with any questions. Suz
