What are the serious consequences of baby malnutrition? Malnutrition is a disease that babies often have, and there are many reasons. When the baby is malnourished, parents should find out the reasons in time, and what are the serious consequences of the following baby malnutrition.

What are the serious consequences of baby malnutrition? 1 Long-term malnutrition in infants and young children will mainly cause the baby's slow development and short height, which may even lead to listlessness, slow reaction and loss of appetite, thus causing the child's immunity to decline, and it is easy to get infected with some diseases, such as colds and fever, and will also damage the liver and other organs of infants and young children. Severe malnutrition will also cause the infant's slow development and increase the mortality rate. If found,

Causes of malnutrition in babies.

Malnutrition refers to a lack of nutrients caused by people's insufficient intake or poor absorption of various nutrients needed by the body. The main causes of malnutrition in children are not eating well or eating too little, and may be hungry, which will lead to malnutrition;

Some of them are caused by diseases, for example, some children are sick, and parents are afraid that eating too much will cause vomiting or other bad symptoms, so they will not let their children eat for a short time. In doing so, maybe the disease is almost recovered, but the problem of malnutrition will follow.

Baby's long-term malnutrition, mild symptoms, will make its body grow bad, not strong, serious symptoms will endanger life. First of all, long-term malnutrition will have a serious impact on the baby's growth and development, so that the baby's height, weight, head circumference and so on can not meet the standards.

Second, when the above situation cannot be improved in time, the division rate of brain cells will be seriously reduced, which will lead to the disorder of baby's neuromodulation function, slow language and reaction ability, insufficient brain and other symptoms. Third, malnutrition makes the baby's body lack of trace elements and vitamins, and its own immunity declines, so that the baby will often get colds, angular stomatitis, keratitis, constipation, bad breath and other diseases.

Therefore, when the baby has signs of malnutrition, parents should give timely conditioning and correct diet so that the baby can recover as soon as possible.

After the above series of explanations, we have a little understanding of the consequences of baby's long-term malnutrition. Under normal circumstances, when the baby is young and his body is uncomfortable, he can't tell his parents clearly. At this time, parents need to pay close attention to the baby's diet, and it is best to eat less and more meals, and the food to be eaten should be as balanced as possible, so as to improve the baby's immunity and reduce the occurrence of diseases.

What are the serious consequences of baby malnutrition? 2 If the baby is malnourished, there will be some warning signs.

1, mood changes

The baby is depressed, unresponsive, and numb in expression, suggesting that protein and iron are lacking in the body. You should give the baby more foods with high iron and high protein, such as aquatic products, meat, dairy products, blood of livestock and poultry, and egg yolk.

The baby's anxiety, panic, insomnia and forgetfulness indicate that the B vitamins in the body are insufficient. At this time, it is of great benefit to supplement some foods rich in B vitamins such as beans, animal liver, walnuts and potatoes.

The baby's mood is changeable, and losing his temper is related to eating too much sweets, which is medically called "sugar-loving mental irritability". In addition to reducing sweets, it is also necessary to arrange more foods rich in B vitamins. Babies are stubborn and timid, mostly due to insufficient intake of vitamins A, B, C and calcium, so they should eat more food such as animal liver, fish, shrimp, milk, vegetables and fruits.

2. Abnormal behavior

Lack of communication, withdrawn behavior and clumsy movements are mostly the results of vitamin C deficiency in the body.

Behavior is not commensurate with age, and it is childish and ridiculous compared with babies of the same age, indicating that there is insufficient amino acids in the body, and it is imperative to increase high-protein foods such as lean meat, beans, milk and eggs.

Grinding teeth at night, twitching hands and feet, easy to wake up, is often a signal of lack of calcium, so we should increase green vegetables, dairy products, fish floss, shrimp skin and so on in time.

I like to eat foreign objects such as scraps of paper and dirt, which is called pica. It is mostly related to the lack of trace elements such as iron, zinc and manganese. Kelp, fungus, mushrooms, etc. contain more zinc, and poultry meat and seafood contain high zinc and manganese, which should be an ideal diet for such babies.

3. Obesity

Obesity is generally regarded as overnutrition as usual. The latest research shows that overnutrition is only the reason why some chubby children gain weight. Another part of fat babies are caused by malnutrition. Specifically, it is due to bad eating habits such as picky eaters and partial eclipse, resulting in insufficient intake of some "micronutrients".

Insufficient "micronutrients" lead to fat in the body can not be normally metabolized into heat loss, so it has to be accumulated in the abdomen and under the skin, and the baby will naturally be overweight. Therefore, for obese children, in addition to reducing the intake of high-fat food (such as meat) and exercising more, we should also increase the variety of food, so as to achieve a reasonable mix of coarse grains, flour and rice and vegetarian food.

4, facial "insect spots"

This is to point out that one or several hypopigmentation, round or oval patches on the baby's face are reddish at first, then pale white, with clear edges, covered with a small amount of fine scales, and have a slight itching feeling. In addition to the face, the upper arm, neck or shoulders can also be seen.

Folk believe that this spot is a sign of ascaris parasitism in the baby's stomach, so it is called "insect spot". But this is not the case. This change, which is characterized by superficial, dry scaly and light spots, is actually a skin disease, called pityriasis simplex, which originates from vitamin deficiency and is also an early signal of malnutrition.

Therefore, when your baby has "insect spots", don't give your baby insecticide just because of this. The correct move is to adjust the diet, increase the variety of food, supplement vitamins, and take vitamin pills under the guidance of a doctor if necessary.

What are the serious consequences of baby malnutrition? 3 How to judge whether the child is malnourished?

1, height, weight and head circumference are not up to standard.

Every time I do child care, the doctor always measures the height, weight and head circumference of the child. Ke Haijin, deputy director of the Children's Health Department of Guangdong Maternal and Child Health Hospital, said that these three indicators are important reference standards for children's physical growth and development.

Before the age of 3, if the nutrition does not keep up, the height and weight of the child will lag behind. Similarly, the head circumference is also an important standard. When the baby is doing child care, it is necessary to measure the head circumference. Too big or too small head circumference may be a signal of disease.

Therefore, parents should take their babies to the hospital regularly to do child health care for their children. If they find that their children are behind their peers in physical growth and development, they should adjust their diet structure under the guidance of doctors.

2, slow response, lack of brain.

Baby's diet is very important. Malnutrition can reduce the division rate of brain cells, lead to abnormal neuromodulation, and cause motor and language development retardation. Therefore, it makes sense for parents to care about the baby's every meal.

Ke Haijin said that when parents find that their children often have slow response, insufficient brain and forgetfulness in recent days, they should be alert to the early warning signal that malnutrition may be the cause.

3, decreased immunity, weak and sick.

When some trace elements (such as vitamins, zinc, iron, etc.) are deficient, it can lead to the decline of cellular and humoral immune function, making children prone to illness and infection, such as frequent colds, repeated gingival inflammation, folliculitis, angular stomatitis, glossitis, keratitis, etc.

Therefore, there are some babies who don't like meat, milk and eggs. If protein doesn't take enough, they may easily catch a cold and get inflamed gums. Parents should try to enrich their children's diet, find ways to make meat easier to eat and chew, and make children fall in love with eating meat.

4, constipation, bad breath

There is another extreme in children's diet, that is, they prefer meat, sweets, fried foods, and are not interested in vegetables and fruits. Ke Haijin said that when the child's cellulose intake is insufficient, it is easy to slow down the intestinal peristalsis and cause constipation. When the feces stay in the intestine for too long, it will further produce harmful toxins and cause bad breath.

Therefore, parents can't just give their children his favorite food, or the complementary food varieties they give him are too single, otherwise it will easily lead to the habit of partial eclipse and picky eaters, which will lead to the lack of certain nutrients or unbalanced nutrition over time, and even lead to diseases.

5. Emotions are changeable

B vitamins can indirectly affect people's mood through the regulation of human nervous system. When vitamin B 1 is lacking, people can become irritable and moody. Insufficient intake of vitamin B6 can lead to emotional excitement, drowsiness and impatience; When vitamin B 12 is deficient, it can make people slow down.

The harm of baby's malnutrition

1, at the initial stage of malnutrition, height has no effect, but with the aggravation of the disease, bone growth slows down and height is lower than normal. Mild malnutrition, normal mental state, but severe mental malaise, poor response, low body temperature, weak pulse, loss of appetite, diarrhea and constipation alternately.

When plasma albumin is obviously decreased, there may be sunken edema and shiny skin, and in severe cases, it may burst and become infected to form chronic ulcers. Severe malnutrition can have important organ function damage, such as decreased heart function, dull heart sound, low blood pressure, slow pulse and superficial breathing.

2. Malnourished children are prone to various infections, such as repeated respiratory infections, thrush, pneumonia, tuberculosis, otitis media and urinary tract infections, due to their low immune function; Infantile diarrhea is often prolonged, which aggravates malnutrition and forms a vicious circle. Malnutrition can be complicated with spontaneous hypoglycemia, and children can suddenly show pale face, unconsciousness, slow pulse, apnea, no temperature rise but no convulsions, and if they are not treated in time, they may die.

3, severe malnutrition can have important organ function damage, such as decreased heart function, dull heart sound, low blood pressure, slow pulse, superficial breathing and so on. The common complications are nutritional anemia and vitamin deficiency, and about 3/4 children are accompanied by zinc deficiency. Because of low immune function, they are prone to various infections.

At the same time, infancy is the key stage of development with the fastest growth rate, and the lack of protein and energy is fatal to its growth. Malnutrition in infants can lead to impaired immune function and increase disease susceptibility and mortality.

What do children eat for malnutrition?

1, mushroom porridge

Raw materials: 50 grams of millet and 50 grams of fresh mushrooms.

Practice: first cook millet porridge, take its soup, and then cook it with mushrooms.

Usage: Take it three times a day, and it is effective after continuous taking.

Food phase grams: Xiaomi avoid eating with almonds.

2. Stewed radish with pork chop

Ingredients: 500 grams of white radish, 250 grams of pork ribs (large chops), 3 grams of salt, and 0/0 gram of green onion/kloc.

Practice: Chop the ribs into 3 cm pieces. Slice the white radish. Stew the ribs until the meat is boneless, then add radish slices and onions to stew until cooked, skim off the floating oil on the noodle soup, and add salt to serve.

Food compatibility: white radish should not be eaten with ginseng and American ginseng.

3. Banana raisin milk

Ingredients: 30g of milk, 25g of bananas, 20g of brown rice, 0g of raisins10g, 5g of lemon juice.

Practice: cut bananas into 5 mm discs and sprinkle with lemon juice. Pour the cooked brown rice into the bowl, add banana slices and raisins, and pour the milk to serve.

It is particularly important to note that children with malnutrition should pay attention to the supplement of protein, eat more foods containing protein, and choose more milk, goat milk, whole milk powder, soybean milk, lean meat, deboned fish, egg yolk, vegetables and fruits. Health tips: benefit the kidney, strengthen the bones and muscles, and increase; Almond: Almond should not be eaten with chestnut, pork and millet; Jujube (fresh): jujube should not be eaten with seafood; Walnut: Walnut can't be eaten with pheasant.