How to judge whether the baby is zinc deficient

Many parents often take their children to the hospital for examination when they know that there is something wrong with their children's health, but it is often too late. Nowadays, many children suffer from zinc deficiency, and many parents do not know how to determine whether their children are zinc deficient. There are many delays and problems caused when treating children. In fact, the best way to judge the disease is to look at the symptoms of the child, so the following is an introduction on how to judge whether the baby is zinc deficient by symptoms?

1. Loss of appetite: picky eating, anorexia, refusal to eat, general reduction in food intake, no feeling of hunger, and no initiative to eat;

2. Eat weird things. For example: biting nails, clothing, chewing toys, hard objects, eating hair, paper scraps, raw rice, wall dust, soil, sand, etc.;

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

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

5. White spots appear on the nails, hangnails grow on the fingers, and geographic tongue appears (irregular red and white patterns on the surface of the tongue);

6. Hyperactivity, slow reaction, lack of concentration, and poor learning ability;

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

8. Skin damage: When trauma occurs, the wound is not easy to heal; prone to dermatitis and stubborn eczema;

9. Delayed sexual development during puberty.

10. Recurrent oral ulcers. White spots appear on the nails, hangnails grow on the fingers, and geographic tongue (irregular red and white patterns on the surface of the tongue);

Precautions

Children can supplement zinc by eating kelp, seaweed, squid, oysters, yellow croaker, etc., especially oysters which contain high levels of zinc; animal offal, eggs, nuts, edible fungi, all of which are rich in zinc; green vegetables are also rich in zinc, among which celery is the richest in zinc.

Children should eat less refined rice and white flour to supplement zinc, because over-processing of food will destroy zinc. Therefore, the heat should be controlled when cooking food to reduce the loss of zinc.

Regarding how to judge whether your baby is zinc deficient through symptoms, the above article gives you a detailed introduction to the manifestations in life when a child is zinc deficient. In this way, if the child shows the symptoms mentioned above, it can be diagnosed and zinc supplemented in time. In addition, if it is not very accurate, you need to go to the hospital for your child to be checked, which is safe and reliable.