What causes children's loss of appetite?

As parents, we are most concerned about the development of our children. However, children need to take in a lot of nutrition to develop well. If the child suddenly loses his appetite at this time, then as parents, we should be anxious. First, we are worried that the child will not grow and affect his physical development if he does not eat. Second, we are worried that such symptoms of the child may be complications caused by some diseases. So what is the reason for the child's loss of appetite?

Ginger soup with honey can stimulate appetite

1. Eating too much before going to bed: Eating too much for dinner will inevitably increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, disrupt gastric juice secretion, and easily lead to a decrease in appetite. In addition, it can also lead to obesity, restless sleep, stones, diabetes, etc.

2. Raw and cold food: Eating raw and cold food frequently, especially before going to bed, can easily lead to stomach cold, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite.

3. Drug factors: Some chronic diseases require long-term medication. Long-term use of certain drugs can lead to drug-induced taste disorders. Sometimes it is also related to the environment, psychological state, food processing, etc.

4. Exercise after a full meal: Vigorous exercise within a short period of time after a full meal will cause gastric motility to increase, followed by gastric cramps, long-term stomach pain and discomfort, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, and may even cause gastric torsion.

Loss of appetite is often accompanied by the following symptoms:

1. Accompanied by fever: In addition to infection, malignant tumors should be excluded.

2. Accompanied by recent weight loss: common in pancreatic cancer, hepatitis, tuberculosis, and malignant tumors in other parts of the body.

3. Accompanied by anemia: In addition to blood system diseases, it can also be seen in uremic gastrointestinal tumors.

4. Accompanied by jaundice: Liver and bile duct diseases should be considered first.

5. Accompanied by abdominal pain: In addition to those caused by digestive system diseases, liver and gastrointestinal congestion caused by right ventricular failure, renal colic caused by stones, and uremia and diabetic ketoacidosis can all cause severe abdominal pain accompanied by loss of appetite.

6. Accompanied by diarrhea: common in gastrointestinal inflammation. Electrolyte loss caused by diarrhea, such as hyponatremia and hypochloremia, can also cause loss of appetite.

Home remedies for loss of appetite

1. Gorgon Fruit and Yam Paste

Ingredients: 500g Gorgon Fruit, 500g Chinese Yam, 500g Glutinous Rice Flour, 250g White Sugar

Grind the water chestnuts and yam into fine powder, mix them with glutinous rice flour and white sugar, add cold water to make a thin paste, and stir while heating until it becomes a paste. Eating it on an empty stomach in the morning and evening can stimulate appetite and treat indigestion.

2. Plum and Tangerine Peel Tea

Ingredients: 3 grams of black plum, 5 grams each of tangerine peel and amomum villosum.

Efficacy: Black plum can relieve fever, promote salivation, stop vomiting and promote appetite; tangerine peel can regulate qi and strengthen the spleen, and aid digestion; Amomum villosum can eliminate dampness, promote qi, warm the spleen, stimulate appetite and stop diarrhea.

3. Longan and Pig Heart

Ingredients: longan meat, pig heart, ginger, pepper, Shaoxing wine, salt, etc.

practice:

1. Cut open the pig heart, remove the fat and fascia, wash the longan meat and slice the ginger;

2. Blanch the pig heart, cool it, then add longan meat, ginger slices and appropriate amount of water;

3. Turn to low heat and cook, adjust the seasoning.

Efficacy: nourishes blood, replenishes qi, strengthens spleen and stimulates appetite

The reasons for children's loss of appetite have been introduced above, but such a phenomenon must be treated in time for the child. When treating the child's loss of appetite, remember to arrange a reasonable diet for the child. If the child is not interested in food, then loss of appetite will also occur, but be sure not to let the child develop the bad habit of being picky about food. Give the child more vegetables and fruits, and do not feed the child too greasy food during this period.