Early symptoms of hyperthyroidism in infants?

summary

Baby suffering from hyperthyroidism, symptoms are often not obvious, in general, the younger the age of onset, the more difficult to find symptoms, which requires more observation of the mother. If the baby appears the following three abnormal signals, the mother should take the baby to the hospital for examination in time.

Early symptoms of hyperthyroidism in infants?

Got hyperthyroidism baby spirit easily affected, mood will change, appear irritable, irritable, love to talk, active and other performance, sometimes difficult to concentrate, so that the baby big temper may have nothing to do with character, but physical disease.

When suffering from hyperthyroidism, the baby's metabolism is strong, and appetite increases. If you eat too much, you will lose weight, because thyroxine will make fat and protein constantly decompose, and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, so that the baby's defecation frequency increases and the stool becomes thicker.

Thyroid hormone has an excitatory effect on sympathetic nerve. Therefore, babies who have suffered from hyperthyroidism and excessive secretion of thyroid hormone are prone to abnormal symptoms such as uncontrollable and shaking hands. In addition, some babies will appear neck swelling, eye sudden and other symptoms.

matters needing attention

Hyperthyroidism will lead to increased neuromuscular excitability in the baby, which will inevitably lead to muscle weakness and even muscle atrophy in the long run. Complicated with acute hyperthyroid myopathy, there will be unclear speech, speaking difficulties and other symptoms. Therefore, the baby should pay special attention to rest during treatment to avoid excessive fatigue.