Will baby malnutrition cause anorexia?

Babies under three years old have not fully developed gastrointestinal functions, and often suffer from various problems due to gastrointestinal diseases. However, due to the baby's age, the child's ability to express himself is not very strong, and many parents are unable to judge the child's specific physical condition in time. Malnutrition is a common gastrointestinal disease. After an attack, it will cause the child to have anorexia, sallow complexion, prone to crying at night, and often cannot eat normally.

1. Anorexia

The baby becomes unwilling to eat but does not refuse drinks. He is unwilling to eat the food he usually likes, which makes the mother very anxious. This is a condition in which the baby's irregular and unhealthy diet causes indigestion, anorexia and food accumulation.

2. Yellow complexion

If the baby's complexion does not look very good, is not rosy, his hair is yellowish, dry and dull, his mental state is not good, and he keeps rubbing his belly, then you should consider whether the child suffers from malnutrition.

3. Crying easily when sleeping at night

To determine whether your baby has malnutrition, you also need to look at the baby's sleep habits. If your baby does not sleep well at night, is always easily awakened and crying, has the habit of grinding his teeth, and sweats a lot on the head and back of the body, then yes, he has malnutrition.

4. Delayed development of height and weight

Mothers often measure their babies' height and weight to see if they meet the standards. If the baby looks thin and all developmental indicators have not increased compared to last month, mothers should pay attention to it, as it may be caused by "malnutrition".

How to prevent and treat malnutrition in children

After understanding the symptoms of malnutrition, parents should pay attention to the prevention and care of malnutrition, formulate reasonable, healthy and nutritious eating habits for the baby according to the baby's growth and development standards, and add appropriate amounts of food that is beneficial to the baby's spleen and stomach health. Help your baby get rid of bad habits such as picky eating, greedy eating, and loving snacks. Take your baby for walks outdoors more often, breathe fresh air, strengthen physical fitness, and keep your baby in good condition and good health.

To prevent and treat malnutrition, we need to adjust the cause of the disease :

(1) Feed children properly, have a balanced diet, and develop good eating habits from an early age. Create delicious menus to stimulate your baby's appetite.

(2) Prevent chronic diseases such as tuberculosis and dysentery and treat them early. Pay attention to food hygiene and eat less raw and cold food.

Treatment : Regulate the diet, correct picky eating and treat chronic diseases. You can let your baby take some Chinese patent medicine orally for better results.

Chinese patent medicine that helps treat malnutrition

(1) Oral medicine for eliminating accumulation, which contains 9 herbs such as chicken gizzard lining, quisqualis chinensis, poria cocos, and betel nut, and can correct spleen and stomach dysfunction caused by improper diet.

(2) Erkangning oral medicine contains Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Coix seeds, etc. It can invigorate Qi and strengthen the spleen, harmonize the stomach and regulate the stomach. It is used for babies with weak bodies. , poor appetite, indigestion, etc.

(3) Jianpixiaoshi Pills contain costus root, chicken gizzard lining, white atractylodes, immature bitter orange, etc., which can strengthen the spleen, digest food, and resolve stagnation. They are used to relieve food stagnation in babies.

(4) Qipi Pills contain ginseng, white atractylodes, poria, lotus seeds, and Liushenqu. They can strengthen the spleen and stomach and are used for weak spleen and stomach and indigestion.