Will my daughter develop anemia once she starts getting her period?

The girl usually gets her periods at about 11 to 13 years of age, and it all depends on her previous nutritional status, if it was poor, or was adequate. Just getting periods would not send her into a state of anemia. If the periods are heavy, as they might be, at puberty or if the nutritional status is poor or if there is a worm infestation is there or any other causes of anemia might be, she my become anemic and it is worth taking one consultation with your gynecologist. In case there are some abnormalities if you have experienced yourself as a woman, and you find them as abnormal, then you could take the girl to the gynecologist but per say just because she has got her periods, she does not become anemic.