What to do if a child has developmental problems

Children's growth and development and the growth process are issues that everyone attaches great importance to. When a child grows slowly and the brain reacts slowly, parents will have many concerns about the child's health. Child maldevelopment may include many aspects, including the development of the brain, nutrition and many other aspects. So what should we do if a child is maldeveloped? At this time, the most formal methods need to be used to help children grow, such as diet adjustment, psychological treatment, etc., and the principles of treatment should be referred to.

Treatment principles for growth retardation in children

First, through medical history, physical and laboratory examinations, based on detailed information and test results, a comprehensive analysis is conducted to determine the cause of the child's dwarfism, and finally the treatment principles are determined. Different causes require different treatments:

1. Malnutrition: You should have a reasonable nutrition, a comprehensive and balanced diet, cultivate good eating habits, and promote appetite.

2. Dwarfism caused by systemic diseases: the primary disease should be treated actively.

3. Familial dwarfism and constitutional growth retardation: Through various conditioning measures, the growth potential can be fully developed, and growth hormone can be used as appropriate.

4. Caused by mental factors: Improve the living environment so that children can receive spiritual comfort and care in life.

5. Congenital genetic and metabolic diseases: special treatment will be provided according to the situation.

6. Hypothyroidism, pituitary dwarfism, congenital ovarian hypoplasia, small for gestational age, idiopathic dwarfism, etc. should be treated symptomatically.

Zinc supplementation for the treatment of developmental failure

Zinc is an essential trace element for the human body and it is the "flower of life" of the human body.

The main functions of zinc include: ① serving as a component or enzyme activator of more than 80 metalloenzymes. Among them, the more important ones are erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase, carboxypeptidase, alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase and neutral protease. Zinc deficiency can affect the activity of various decomposition enzymes; ② Participate in the transcription of RNA, DNA and the synthesis of proteins. Zinc deficiency leads to reduced synthesis of growth hormone and sex hormone, impaired nucleic acid and protein synthesis, and has a significant impact on sexual development. ③ When zinc is deficient, salivary phosphatase decreases, taste is reduced, and appetite decreases; oral mucosal epithelial hyperplasia and parakeratosis may also occur, leading to oral ulcers. ④ Zinc deficiency can lead to impaired T cell function and decreased body immunity.

Zinc supplementation can be an effective treatment for developmental delay. To supplement zinc, you should eat more whole flour, tofu and other soy products, beef, mutton, fish, lean meat, peanuts, sesame seeds, dairy products, cocoa and other foods. Foods rich in selenium include: seafood, mushrooms, eggs, garlic, etc. But for people with developmental delays, absorption must be poor.

What should we do if children are underdeveloped? When children are underdeveloped, most parents will use health products to supplement them, but some parents fail to notice the discomfort of their children and wait until the condition becomes serious before diagnosing and treating them. This will miss the good opportunity for remedial measures, and the patients will also have many problems in development. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the development of children at home, including bones, brain, etc., and they also need to do regular physical examinations and diagnose diseases in a timely manner.