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My 4 year old son has iron deficiency anemia. everytime he knocks himself or bumps into anything he gets massive bruises that appear. what can i do?

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Needs thorough tests: Bruising with even a slight injury and iron deficiency anemia in a 4 year old child quite often points to a bleeding disorder. Your son needs a thorough evaluation for this reason and also to rule out any other reason causing anemia. Iron deficiency can be treated during this work up.

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Answered 9/8/2015

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