Baby beriberi picture symptoms?

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Infantile beriberi mostly occurs in infants born several months. When the lactating mother is seriously lack of vitamin B1, if the baby is breastfed at this time, the children aged 2-5 months are most likely to develop infantile beriberi. The condition is urgent, the onset is sudden, and the child can die when misdiagnosed. At the beginning of the onset, the child's face is pale, irritable, crying and restless, which is often ignored by parents Abdominal pain, constipation, edema, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath and difficulty, serious cases of drowsiness, diplopia, blepharoptosis, weak voice, convulsion, etc. when the throat edema occurs, the baby lost his voice, forming a unique laryngeal sound, which is the unique cry of vitamin B1 deficiency in infants. Cyanosis, heart failure, pulmonary congestion and liver congestion may occur in the late stage of the disease Brain high pressure, can cause tetanic convulsion, coma and death? Let's talk about it.

Baby beriberi picture symptoms?

1. Beriberi mainly occurs in many countries and regions where rice (especially refined white rice) is the staple food, mainly due to the insufficient intake of vitamin B. When suffering from hyperthyroidism, fever, virus, bacterial infection or strenuous exercise, the consumption of vitamin B1 will increase due to the exuberant metabolism in the body. If the supplement is insufficient, it is easy to get sick.

2. The number of infants suffering from beriberi is more, which is due to the rapid growth and development of infants, the corresponding increase in the demand for vitamin B, coupled with the poor resistance of infants, so easy to suffer from this disease. For example, when the baby diarrhea, vomiting, due to the decline of digestive tract function, the absorption of vitamin B1 will be affected;

3. The main manifestation of children's beriberi is not in the "foot", but the organs of the whole body will be affected. The symptoms of beriberi are mild and severe, and most children are mild. However, if not treated in time, the disease will continue to develop, even life-threatening. Children with beriberi often have mild diarrhea, hoarseness, irritability, crying at night, weak breast-feeding, rapid heartbeat, and even drowsiness, coma, cramps and other symptoms. When their feet are slightly swollen and pressed with fingers, a depression appears. After the pressure is relieved, the depression cannot disappear immediately.

matters needing attention

1. Mother should pay attention to the intake of vitamin B from the time of pregnancy; 2. Infants should add supplementary food in time; 3. Don't add alkali substances when cooking porridge and noodles; 4. Actively prevent and treat the gastrointestinal diseases of zhaibao; 5. Correct children's bad habits such as anorexia, partial eclipse and pickiness.