What are the symptoms of zinc deficiency in babies?

The reason why each disease is different is that the symptoms and causes of the disease are different. Many diseases are judged and summarized based on symptoms and causes. Sometimes, due to lack of understanding of the disease, misjudgment may lead to continuous problems during the treatment process. Zinc deficiency is a problem that many children have now. Therefore, for some families with babies, it is helpful to understand the symptoms of zinc deficiency in babies.

Symptoms of zinc deficiency in babies: delayed sexual development during puberty. For example, boys may have small testicles and penis, low testosterone levels, and poor sexual function; while women may have breast development and late menstruation.

Symptom 2 of zinc deficiency in babies: slow development. That is, the baby's height is 3-6 cm shorter than children of the same age and his weight is 2-3 kg lighter.

Symptom three of zinc deficiency in babies: weakened immunity. When your baby has symptoms of repeated fever and colds, or repeated respiratory infections such as tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, and accompanied by spontaneous sweating and night sweats, you may be alert to the possibility of zinc deficiency.

Symptom 4 of zinc deficiency in babies: hyperactivity and poor attention. If your baby shows symptoms of inattention, poor learning ability, hyperactivity, and slow reaction, you need to be alert to the possibility of zinc deficiency.

Symptom 5 of zinc deficiency in babies: white spots on nails. If your baby has white spots on his fingernails, hangnails on his fingers, and geographic tongue, you need to be alert to the possibility of zinc deficiency.

Symptom 6 of zinc deficiency in babies: tendency to pica. Parents also need to be vigilant if the baby often eats non-food things, such as biting nails, clothes, chewing toys, hard objects, eating hair, paper scraps, raw rice, wall dust, dirt, sand, etc.

Symptom 7 of zinc deficiency in babies: recurrent oral ulcers.

Symptom 8 of zinc deficiency in babies: decreased vision. Zinc deficiency can easily cause symptoms such as difficulty in night vision, myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism in babies.

Symptom 9 of zinc deficiency in babies: skin problems. When trauma occurs, the wound is not easy to heal; it is easy to suffer from dermatitis and stubborn eczema;

First of all, it affects the baby's brain development. Zinc deficiency in the baby's body can lead to a decrease in the number of brain cells, especially in the period from fetal period to 3 years old. Zinc deficiency will affect brain development. According to relevant nutritional surveys, for some children with congenital idiocy, zinc deficiency is one of the important reasons after excluding genetic factors.

Secondly, it affects the baby’s immune function. In other words, zinc deficiency can lead to poor immune function in babies, causing them to get sick frequently. This is because zinc has a significant effect on the bactericidal ability of phagocytes. Studies have shown that among children with recurrent respiratory infections, the proportion of zinc-deficient babies is significantly higher than that of normal babies.

Third, it affects the normal healing time of the wound. Clinically, it has been found that injured children’s wounds heal slowly when they are zinc deficient.

The above content introduces the symptoms of zinc deficiency in babies. I hope it will be of great help to some parents. Learn more about the situations of zinc deficiency so that you can provide zinc supplements to your children in time if you encounter it. After all, zinc deficiency is still very harmful to the child's body. Early treatment can make the baby healthier and happier.