Symptoms of neonatal malnutrition

Update Date: 2023-08-07 Source: Network

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We know that now the living conditions are good, and every family does not need to worry about food, especially after having a baby at home, they will take care of their children attentively. However, the growth and development of the baby is very fast. Once the body lacks some essential nutrients, it is easy to cause malnutrition. So once there is malnutrition, we should take appropriate food therapy methods, let the baby quickly supplement nutrition, meet the needs of the body, then the symptoms of neonatal malnutrition now to share with you.

Symptoms of neonatal malnutrition

There are many common clinical manifestations of infant malnutrition, one of which is the lack of protein. At this time, the baby is easy to fatigue, often accompanied by anemia, and will appear weight loss phenomenon, growth and development is relatively slow, there is also the resistance to infectious diseases will be reduced, and so on.

Children with malnutrition are prone to hypoglycemia. The clinical manifestations are fatigue and growth retardation. In addition, most malnourished children will be calcium deficiency, children prone to osteoporosis, skeletal and dental abnormalities and other symptoms, some children may also have low calcium convulsions.

Children often have loss of appetite, prone to chondropathy symptoms, the performance of abnormal bone and tooth development, serious pathological fractures can occur. Also often appear muscle weakness, serious arrhythmia can occur. Another point is that children with malnutrition will be lack of food fiber, constipation and other symptoms will often appear.

matters needing attention

Children suffering from malnutrition should pay attention to change unreasonable eating habits, lactation time quantitative, diet should be easy to digest, rich nutrition, add complementary food, master the first thin after dry, first vegetable after meat, first less after more principle, reasonable feeding. And to ensure that the room air circulation clean, humidity and temperature appropriate.