Baby's malnutrition symptoms, in real life, if there is no scientific and reasonable eating habits and lifestyle, it may often lead to malnutrition symptoms in children. Malnutrition usually occurs in some children, and there are many factors that lead to malnutrition in children. Here are the baby's malnutrition symptoms.
The baby's malnutrition symptoms 1 1, slow development. Once a child suffers from malnutrition, it will often lead to stunted growth, emaciation, weight loss, short stature and dull skin. Children with emaciation will also show reduced subcutaneous fat, inelastic skin, yellow hair, frequent defecation and little mucus.
2, too obese. Some children may be too obese when they are malnourished. Obesity is mainly caused by some bad habits such as partial eclipse and picky eaters, which often leads to the lack of certain trace elements in children and makes them obese. So parents should adjust their children's scientific diet to ensure a balanced nutrition.
3. Emotional personality. After malnutrition, children's temperament will change, mainly manifested as melancholy, apathy and unresponsiveness, and some children will have emotional changes, tantrums and other phenomena, which may be caused by the lack of protein and iron. We should supplement these nutrients to children in time.
4. Abnormal behavior. When children suffer from malnutrition, they will also behave as withdrawn and clumsy. This is mainly due to the lack of vitamin C. Some children will also have symptoms of grinding their teeth and waking up at night. We should supplement some green vegetables to their children in time.
5, facial spots. In real life, when children are suffering from malnutrition, there are often some spots on their faces, which are generally reddish at first, and then gradually turn pale white, and will also cover some tiny scales, which is also a symptom of malnutrition. I hope parents and friends can adjust their children's diet structure in time.
In real life, when a child suffers from malnutrition, there are usually some obvious symptoms. If a child is found to have similar malnutrition symptoms, we should pay enough attention as parents, supplement some vitamins to the child in time, adjust the child's diet structure, and avoid the impact of malnutrition on the child. If the child's malnutrition symptoms are serious, we should also take the child to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.
Malnutrition symptoms of the baby 2 Malnutrition of the baby refers to insufficient food intake or insufficient absorption and utilization of food, resulting in lack of energy, unable to maintain normal metabolism, forcing the body to consume, causing weight loss or non-gain, stagnant growth and development, and muscular atrophy, also known as protein energy malnutrition, which is more common in children under 3 years old and belongs to the category of malnutrition in traditional Chinese medicine.
Malnutrition of babies includes the deficiency or lack of heat energy or nutrients, which has a serious impact on the health of children who are in the stage of vigorous growth and development. It is often secondary to some medical and surgical reasons, such as frequent illness, chronic diarrhea, short bowel syndrome and malabsorption diseases.
The symptoms of malnutrition in the baby mainly include: primary malnutrition, weight loss15 ~ 25% fat layer thinning, muscle instability; Second degree malnutrition; Weight loss is 25 ~ 40%, and body length is lower than normal. Fat layer disappears, ribs and spine protrude, skin is pale and inelastic, muscle tension is low, unable to stand, crying is weak, motor function is retarded, mood is unstable, sleep is uneasy, and appetite is low;
Third-degree malnutrition, weight loss of more than 40%, lower than normal body length, stunted growth, low bone age, disappearance of fat layer, prominent jaw and cheekbones, old appearance, pale and dry skin, inelastic, weak vital signs, emotional instability, low appetite, or disappearance, easy diarrhea, vomiting and infection.
Malnutrition symptoms of the baby 3 I. Causes of malnutrition of the baby
1, children are under-fed for a long time, such as insufficient breast milk and no supplementary food, or the quality of artificially fed food is poor and less. Children are partial eaters and picky eaters, and breakfast is too simple.
2, some babies are due to birth injury, congenital malformation and other reasons, resulting in feeding difficulties, digestion and absorption disorders.
3, children have suffered from certain diseases, especially digestive system diseases, resulting in poor appetite, poor digestion, malabsorption, or long-term diarrhea and vomiting in children leading to nutrient loss and so on.
4, children with congenital defects, such as twins, multiple births, premature delivery and so on.
Second, the symptoms of malnutrition in infants
Children with developmental retardation, short stature, dull skin and hair, pale teaching membrane, and no weight gain or even loss. Clinically, malnutrition patients are also divided into emaciation type and edema type.
Thin type: loose skin, reduced subcutaneous fat, thinning and inelastic, yellow hair, frequent defecation and little mucus. The children's intelligence and movements are slow to varying degrees, their body temperature is lower than normal, their pulse is slow, and their blood pressure is low.
Edema type: mild cases only have subcutaneous edema, severe cases may have concave edema of genitals, upper limbs, abdomen and face (depressed by pressure), a few children may have hydrops in chest and abdomen, and a few may also have purple scars on the skin. Sudden weight gain is a reliable sign of edema in children with this type.
Due to long-term malnutrition, children can also have various complications, such as rickets, various infections, diarrhea, otitis media, pyelonephritis and so on. Laboratory tests can reveal signs of anemia in children.
Third, the treatment of infant malnutrition
1, children with poor digestive ability can be given various digestive AIDS, such as yeast tablets, multi-enzyme tablets, pepsin mixture, fat and health, etc., and can also take Chinese patent medicines such as Feier Pill, Baohe Pill and Jianpi Pill. People with edema take Ginseng Jianpi Pill.
2. Various vitamins can also be given according to the condition. Such as vitamin C, D, A and multivitamins.
3, children have difficulty in increasing appetite, can take orally hydrolyzed protein, once10 ~ 20g, dissolved in warm water or fruit juice or sugar water, 2 ~ 4 times a day.
4. Quickly improve the diet structure and increase various nutrients. Those with insufficient breast milk should increase complementary food. Pay attention to the quality of complementary food, need to have protein and easy to digest. Infants and young children can be given egg soup, and those who have the conditions can also be given various dairy products, such as yogurt, milk powder, cheese and so on. Older children can eat all kinds of food directly.
5. Massage and pressing therapy is one of the traditional methods in Chinese medicine, and it also has a good effect on treating malnutrition in children.
Fourth, the prevention of infant malnutrition
1, try to breastfeed, when breast milk is insufficient, add complementary food and dairy products, and pay attention to nutrition and easy digestion.
2. Educate children not to be partial to food and picky eaters, and pay attention to the quality of breakfast. Children with digestive system diseases or other diseases should be actively treated.
3. Learn knowledge about pregnancy, childbirth and family planning, strive for fewer and better children, and prevent various congenital malformations and infant diseases.
4. Some primary school students have poor appetite and malnutrition due to their heavy homework burden, which requires the concerted efforts of society, schools and parents.
If your baby is malnourished, you must actively find out the specific causes of this situation and take active treatment measures. Of course, the best way is to actively prevent malnutrition in your child.