1, pediatric long-term nursing insufficient, such as breast milk is not enough and did not increase the complementary food, or artificial feeding food quality is poor, less. Children are partial to food, picky eaters, breakfast is too simple and so on.

2, some infants are due to birth injuries, congenital malformations and other reasons, resulting in feeding difficulties, digestion and absorption disorders.

3, the child has suffered from certain diseases, especially digestive diseases, resulting in loss of appetite, poor digestion, malabsorption, or long-term diarrhea, vomiting, resulting in loss of nutrients and so on.

4, pediatric congenital deficiencies, such as twins, multiple births, premature birth and so on.

Symptoms of infantile malnutrition

The affected children are stunted in growth, short in stature, with lusterless skin and hair, pale taught membranes, and no increase or even decrease in weight. Clinically, malnutrition patients are also divided into wasting type and edema type.

Wasting type: loose skin, subcutaneous fat is reduced, thinning and inelastic, hair is yellow, stools are frequent and small amount of mucus. The child's intelligence and movement are delayed to different degrees, body temperature is lower than normal, pulse is slow and blood pressure is low.

Eedema type: mild cases only have subcutaneous edema, severe cases may have genitals, upper limbs, abdomen and face depressed edema (pressure with depression), a few children may have chest and abdominal fluid, a few people may also appear skin purple scar. Sudden weight gain is a reliable marker of edema in children with this type.

Due to long-term malnutrition, children can also develop various complications, such as rickets, various infections, diarrhea, otitis media, pyelonephritis and so on. Laboratory tests may show signs of anemia.

Treatment of infantile malnutrition

1, poor digestive ability of the child can be given a variety of digestive drugs, such as yeast tablets, polypeptide tablets, pepsin combination, Fat Desheng, etc., but also to take the Chinese patent medicine fat child pill, Baohewan, spleen pills and so on. If you have edema, you can take Ginseng Pills for Strengthening the Spleen.

2, can also be given according to the condition of a variety of vitamins. Such as vitamin C, D, A and multivitamins.

3, the child has difficulty in increasing appetite, can be orally hydrolyzed protein, 10-20 grams at a time, dissolved in warm boiled water or juice, sugar water to be served, 2 to 4 times a day.

4, quickly improve the diet structure, increase a variety of nutrients. Breastmilk is not enough people should increase the complementary food. Focus on the quality of complementary foods, need to have protein and easy to digest. Infants and young children can be given egg soup food, the conditions can also be added to a variety of dairy products, such as yogurt, milk powder, cheese. Older children can directly eat a variety of foods.

5, massage pressure therapy is one of the traditional methods of medicine in the motherland, the treatment of pediatric malnutrition also has a good effect.

Prevention of infant malnutrition

1, as far as possible breastfeeding, breast milk is insufficient should increase the complementary food and milk products, and to pay attention to the nutrient-rich and easy to digest.

2. Teach children not to be partial, picky eaters, and pay attention to the quality of breakfast. For children with digestive diseases or other diseases should be actively treated.