Is it necessary to test trace elements in children?

The biggest worry for every parent is the health problems of their children. Many parents are always afraid that their children lack trace elements in their bodies, which will affect their growth and daily diet. In fact, they often take their children for trace element testing. In fact, if children are given too much nourishing food, it will also affect their healthy growth. Instead of nourishing them with medicine, it is better to adjust their children's daily diet in time. So, with the improvement of living standards, is it necessary to test trace elements?

Is it necessary to test trace elements in children?

There is no need for children to undergo trace element testing because there is no trace element deficiency under the current living standards. As the name suggests, trace elements are essential to the human body, but only in trace amounts. No matter how old the child is, as long as they can eat normally, there is no question of deficiency. The main trace elements in children's bodies are iron, zinc and copper. The normal values ​​are: Iron: 60-170ug/dl, Zinc: 80-140ug/dl, Copper: 70-150ug/dl. These are the normal values ​​provided in textbooks. Each hospital will have different reference values ​​depending on the experimental methods provided by the laboratory. Generally, if you go to a regular hospital for trace element testing, you will get about 6 or 7 kinds of trace elements tested, and such test results are credible.

Many parents now have a misunderstanding. They like to test their children's trace elements at every turn. After the test results come out, parents who find their children "qualified" are very happy, while parents who find their children "unqualified" become anxious and nervous, and give their children "crazy supplements" based on the test results.

In fact, in the normal process of children's health care, parents generally do not need to take their children for trace element testing unless the child shows obvious clinical symptoms such as weight loss and picky eating. Trace element testing should not be a routine physical examination item. Parents should just pay attention to properly matching their children's diet. If you want to know whether your child's nutrition is balanced, in fact, a hemoglobin test during a health check-up is enough. Hemoglobin can show whether the child is anemic, and anemia is a symptom that children may currently experience.

The above is an introduction to whether it is necessary to test trace elements in children. After understanding it, we know that children should try not to do trace element testing all the time and rely on drug nourishment. Parents should pay attention to the nutritional balance of their children's diet, give their children more different vegetables and fruits, etc., and do not let their children develop a picky eating habit. Generally, there is no need to test trace elements.