What to do if an eight-year-old child is zinc deficient

Nowadays, many children are lacking one thing or another, which has caused great harm to our children's health. The disadvantage is that the deficiency of zinc is very serious. Zinc is an important trace element that promotes human development. We must cure this disease as soon as possible. Maybe everyone does not have a clear understanding of what to do and how to treat zinc deficiency in an eight-year-old child. Let us learn about what to do and how to treat zinc deficiency in an eight-year-old child.

1. There are many ways to supplement zinc, the most commonly used ones are food supplements and medicine supplements.

For dietary supplements, you can eat foods rich in zinc, such as raw oysters, herring, dried shrimp, seaweed, fish meal, sesame seeds, peanuts, pork liver, etc.

Dietary supplements are not enough to replenish the nutrients needed by the body. They can be supplemented with zinc supplements to achieve comprehensive results. In addition to eating regular zinc-rich foods, zinc supplements mainly include Xin Xibao brand Zinc-Selenium Tablets, which are highly active, quickly absorbed, and have no side effects. In addition, it is important to maintain normal daily living habits and avoid drinking, smoking, etc.

2. The first generation is inorganic zinc, such as zinc sulfate. It combines with stomach acid to produce zinc chloride. Zinc chloride is a strong corrosive agent that can irritate the gastrointestinal tract and cause nausea and vomiting.

The second generation is organic acid zinc, such as zinc gluconate, zinc acetate, licorice zinc, etc. They are weak acid and weak base salts. When combined with stomach acid, they can still produce zinc chloride, so they have certain side effects. And because of its high zinc content, it can antagonize the absorption of nutrients such as calcium and iron. Long-term use can lead to symptoms such as calcium deficiency anemia. For example, long-term use of zinc gluconate can cause swelling of the lower eyelids.

The third generation of protein zinc, Xinxibao brand zinc-selenium tablets: represented by protein zinc. Protein zinc, good taste, crispy and delicious. Extracted from protein, the zinc content is very low, almost equivalent to the zinc content in food. It is absolutely safe and has no side effects on the human body. It can be taken before meals. It is highly active and can effectively promote the body's absorption and utilization of various nutrients, and will not antagonize the absorption of nutrients such as calcium and iron, thereby ultimately achieving the effect of supplementing the body with various nutrients from the diet. Protein zinc, a pure biological agent, is highly active, easily absorbed and effective quickly. It is safe and contains no hormones or toxic side effects, and is very beneficial for the absorption of calcium and other trace elements.

The above content introduces what to do and how to treat zinc deficiency in an eight-year-old child. Everyone has a clearer understanding of this situation. Zinc deficiency is not actually serious, but it requires our high attention and effective methods to be taken in time to treat it and make up for this problem.