Why do children have zinc deficiency?

In life, there are many diseases that seriously affect the healthy growth of children through various ways and channels. This worries most parents. Seeing their children suffer so much, the parents' hearts were broken. So most parents seek medical treatment and medication for their children, but some of the treatments have no effect. We should identify the cause of the disease and adopt targeted prevention and treatment. Why do children suffer from zinc deficiency?

This shows the importance of zinc to the human body. But why do children suffer from zinc deficiency?

There are many reasons for zinc deficiency, the main reasons include: 1. Malabsorption.

(1) Zinc is absorbed in the small intestine after ingestion. Infants and young children are most susceptible to diarrhea. Diarrhea causes a decrease in zinc absorption in the intestine, so children who often suffer from diarrhea are prone to zinc deficiency.

(2) Children who have undergone small bowel resection due to intussusception or other conditions are more likely to be zinc deficient.

(3) Cereals in food contain phytate and high amounts of fiber, which hinder zinc absorption.

(4) Children who are not breastfed cannot absorb zinc easily, so they are more zinc deficient than those who are breastfed.

2. Too much loss. Zinc may be lost with body fluids in case of blood loss, hemolysis, trauma and burns.

3. Insufficient supply.

(1) Zinc is mainly supplied by food, mainly animal food such as egg yolks, lean meat, fish, animal offal and milk.

(2) Among plant-based foods, only beans and nuts contain zinc, so long-term vegetarians are prone to zinc deficiency.

(3) The mother can supply zinc to the fetus, with the highest amount supplied in the last three months of pregnancy. Insufficient zinc absorption during pregnancy.

(4) At birth, 1/4 of a mature infant’s zinc is stored in the liver. The zinc stored in the liver is of great significance to the growth and development of the infant after birth:

(5) The zinc content in the liver of immature infants is lower than that of mature infants, which can easily cause growth retardation in immature infants after birth.

Infants and young children:

1. Low immunity and repeated infections: frequent colds and fevers, repeated respiratory infections such as tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, sweating, and night sweats;

2. Slow growth and development; height is 3-6 cm lower than that of the same age group, and weight is 2-3 kg lighter;

3. Intellectual maldevelopment: hyperactivity, slow reaction, lack of concentration, poor learning ability;

4. Loss of appetite: picky eating, anorexia, refusal to eat, holding rice in the mouth, generally reduced food intake, some children have no sense of hunger and do not take the initiative to eat;

5. Pica: biting nails, clothing, toys, hard objects, eating hair, paper scraps, raw rice, wall dust, soil, sand, etc.;

6. Vision problems: decreased vision can easily lead to night vision difficulties, myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, etc.;

7. Skin damage: When trauma occurs, the wound is difficult to heal; prone to dermatitis and stubborn eczema;

8. Others: irritability, sweating, geographic tongue, white spots on nails, multiple calluses on fingertips, oral ulcers, dry, thinning or falling hair.

After reading the above introduction about what causes hematuria in children, I think everyone should have some understanding. Parents should pay more attention to their children's eating health and sleep quality. Pay attention to the details of life, carefully care for children's physical and mental health and improve their living habits, so that they can grow up healthily like saplings.