How to deal with muscle atrophy in children

Every child should grow up healthy and happy. However, there will always be some diseases on the road of growth. Among them, muscular atrophy in children is a relatively common disease. It is often the disease that parents worry about the most. Moreover, it has a great impact on the physical health of children. If it is not treated in time, it will have a certain impact on the child’s physical and mental health and growth and development. Let us understand what to do if children have muscular atrophy?

Muscular atrophy in children is a chronic disease. Since patients are bedridden for a long time, they are prone to myositis and bedsores, which pose a great threat to their lives. Therefore, in addition to regular treatment, self-care is also very important for patients with muscular atrophy.

How to deal with muscle atrophy in children

1. Maintain an optimistic and happy mood. Intense, long-term or repeated mental stress, anxiety, irritability, pessimism and other emotional changes can cause an imbalance in the excitation and inhibition processes of the cerebral cortex, aggravate muscle twitching and cause muscle atrophy to develop.

2. Rationally adjust the diet structure. Patients with muscular atrophy need high-protein, high-energy dietary supplements to provide the substances necessary for the reconstruction of nerve cells and skeletal muscle cells in order to enhance muscle strength and grow muscle. In the early stage, they should adopt high-protein foods rich in vitamins, phospholipids and trace elements, and actively cooperate with gluttonous foods, such as mountain gluttons, lotus seeds, lilies, etc., avoid spicy foods, and quit smoking and drinking. The diet for children with muscular atrophy in the middle and late stages is mainly composed of high-protein, high-nutrition, energy-rich semi-liquid and liquid foods, and the method of eating small meals frequently is adopted to maintain the patient's nutrition and water and electrolyte balance.

3. Strictly prevent colds and gastroenteritis. Because patients with muscular atrophy have low immune function or some kind of immune deficiency, once children with muscular atrophy catch a cold, their condition will worsen, the course of the disease will be prolonged, and muscle atrophy and muscle twitching will worsen. Especially patients with bulbar palsy are prone to lung infection. If not treated in time, the prognosis will be poor and even the patient's life will be endangered.

4. Gastroenteritis can lead to dysfunction of intestinal bacteria, especially viral gastroenteritis, which can cause varying degrees of damage to the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, thereby causing increased muscle twitching, decreased muscle strength, and recurrence or aggravation of the disease in patients with muscular atrophy. Maintaining normal digestive function for patients with muscular atrophy is the basis for recovery.

The above is an introduction to what to do if a child has muscular atrophy. After understanding it, we know that once a child has muscular atrophy, if it is not treated in time, it will have a certain impact on the child’s life. Therefore, parents must pay great attention to it. While treating it, they must pay attention to the nutritional balance of the child’s diet. In addition, let the child exercise more, which will help the recovery of muscular atrophy.