What are the symptoms of zinc deficiency in babies?

The baby is zinc deficient, and adults are very anxious. However, some people know that their children's symptoms are zinc deficiency symptoms, but they don't know that their children are zinc deficient. This is because our parents don't know the symptoms of zinc deficiency in their children. When the child is zinc deficient, we don't know it. If we can't find out the child's zinc deficiency in time, then the child's zinc deficiency symptoms will be very harmful when they can't be treated in time. So what are the symptoms of zinc deficiency in babies?

Performance:

Children with zinc deficiency often have poor appetite, loss of appetite, sparse hair and dull hair. They are prone to anemia, poor resistance, and wounds are difficult to heal; they like to bite their nails and fingers, and even have symptoms of pica such as eating dirt and sand. Children with severe zinc deficiency will not grow tall, and may experience growth stagnation, delayed development of secondary sexual characteristics and reproductive system, and even affect their intellectual development.

Excessive sweating. I often hear young mothers complain that their babies sweat on the back of their heads after falling asleep, even if the temperature is not high, and they cry and scream at night. Sweating is more obvious after crying, and you can also see that some infants and young children have sparse hair behind their pillows. Never underestimate this minor problem that does not cause any pain or itching. It is a calcium deficiency alarm for your baby! When the body lacks calcium, it can cause a series of neurological and mental symptoms. Excessive sweating at night is related to the disorder of autonomic nervous system regulation. Therefore, mothers should consider calcium supplementation as early as possible.

Anorexia and picky eating. Babies and young children who don’t like to eat cause so much trouble to their parents. Nowadays, the average incidence of anorexia and picky eating among children is as high as over 40%, and it is more common in babies who are in the period of rapid growth and development. Calcium controls the ability of various nutrients to penetrate cell membranes, and therefore also controls the ability to absorb nutrients. Human digestive juices contain a large amount of calcium. If the human body does not take in enough calcium, it can easily lead to loss of appetite, low intelligence, decreased immune function, etc.

Supplementary method:

For children to supplement zinc, dietary supplements are the best way and most consistent with human metabolism.

If zinc deficiency is not serious (symptoms are not obvious) or to prevent zinc deficiency, dietary supplements can generally be used.

Oysters and herring have the highest zinc content in foods, with more than 100 mg per kilogram of food, followed by meat, liver, eggs, crab, peanuts, walnuts, tea, almonds, and cocoa, with content of 20-50 mg; wheat, fish, carrots, and potatoes contain 6-20 mg.

In addition, the zinc content in animal foods is higher than that in plant foods, and the amino acids produced by the decomposition of animal protein can promote the absorption of zinc. The absorption rate of zinc is about 50%. The phytic acid and cellulose contained in plant foods can combine with zinc to form water-insoluble compounds, thereby hindering the human body's absorption of zinc, and the absorption rate is only about 20%.

The absorption of zinc is largely dependent on the presence of iron, calcium and phosphorus. To prevent zinc deficiency, children should be encouraged to eat more animal foods such as lean meat, pork liver, fish and egg yolks, develop good eating habits, and not be partial or picky eaters. The content in rice, corn, white flour, vegetables and fruits is low, less than 5 mg. Pay attention to zinc supplementation when eating these foods.

During the parenting process, as long as we find that the child has any discomfort, we must promptly diagnose the cause of the child, because the symptoms of some diseases are indeed not very obvious, so parents are often misled about the symptoms of their children. We must understand the above symptoms of zinc deficiency in babies. If the child is really zinc deficient, then when the child is treated, let the child eat more animal offal to supplement zinc.