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Children with fever due to minor illnesses need to be carefully examined by a doctor and have adequate care and nourishment. The child's fatigue and loss of appetite after a fever can easily cause weight loss and even malnutrition. At that time, the child's diet needs to be changed in both the quality of the food and the time of each meal.
1. Causes of children's fatigue and loss of appetite after fever and minor illness
According to pediatricians, the diseases themselves have both affect the function of the digestive system, and have a bad impact on the baby's appetite and general condition. After recovering from the illness, the baby's basic health has not yet returned to its normal state, and at the same time, the decline in physical strength combined with fatigue due to spending too much energy to fight the disease will lead to The common consequence is that children lose their appetite.
Besides, the use of drugs in the treatment process, the most important of which are antibiotics that have destroyed the population of beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract. This leads to a serious imbalance of intestinal bacteria, from which the ability to digest food, absorb and metabolize nutrients is also poor. This is considered a common cause of children's fatigue and loss of appetite after fever due to illness.
At the same time, after going through the period of minor illness, the baby's immune system will more or less be affected, combined with the body fatigue, the sense of taste has not yet recovered, making most children anorexic.
If the above conditions are still not handled in time, it will lead to a vicious abnormal cycle where the body is not provided with enough nutrition, the child becomes thin and weak, and from there the risk of disease recurrence is high. At that time, the child's condition of fatigue and loss of appetite after fever occurs and follows the same spiral, if it lasts too long, it will lead to malnutrition, affecting both intellectual and physical development. . Therefore, parents need to pay attention and try to find appropriate and timely interventions to improve the condition of children with anorexia and fatigue after recovering from illness.
2. Some notes in the process of taking care of children with anorexia after illness
When taking care of children with anorexia and fatigue after recovering from illness, the first thing parents need to pay attention to is their eating preferences and should respect their child's food choices. Parents should not feel sorry for their children, want their children to eat fully, but by all means to force children to eat according to their will.
After a period of minor illness, the child's body needs time to fully recover, the most important of which is the sense of taste. Usually, the time for children to regain their appetite and interest in food is about 1 to 2 weeks after illness. After this time, many children start to eat more, make up for food compared to the previous period to quickly recover health. The issue that parents need to pay attention to in the new period of recovery is to try to maintain the table rules, let the children eat according to their preferences but must eat at the right time and at the right time.
Một số trẻ chán ăn mệt mỏi xuất hiện ngay sau khi khỏi bệnh
Regardless of the disease in any organ, after recovering from the disease, the baby's digestive system is still not stable. Therefore, parents need to give priority to their children to eat liquid or soft processed foods. In order to minimize the spiral of children's fatigue and loss of appetite after fever, parents need to prepare meals full of nutrient groups, which must include protein, vitamins and minerals from meat, eggs, milk, green vegetables, fresh fruit or fruit juice... At the same time, you should limit greasy, high sugar foods or bottled soft drinks...
To avoid children anorexia and malnutrition Parents should supplement their baby with 2 extra meals per week and last for 2 consecutive weeks. In the case of children with prolonged diarrhea before, they should add 1 meal a day and last for at least 1 month.
After recovering from illness, children's bodies are still tired and weak, so most are not ready for a large amount of food. Therefore, parents should not be too impatient and force children to eat too much each time, instead divide meals into many small meals. You can feed your baby 6 to 7 meals a day. At the stage when the body has shown signs of recovery, parents can gradually increase the consistency of dishes and the amount of food each meal, until the child is completely healthy, then return to a normal diet.
According to nutrition experts, in order to limit the child's anorexia and fatigue during the new period of recovery, parents need to pay special attention to supplementing with some nutrients that have the effect of supporting digestion such as: digestive enzymes, beneficial bacteria strains, and supplemented with micronutrients that stimulate appetite and appetite such as vitamin B1, lysine, zinc...
When the gastrointestinal function is enhanced, the process of food consumption, digestion and absorption of nutrients will take place more stably and smoothly, thereby effectively improving the child's anorexia. At the same time, a healthy digestive system will help strengthen the child's resistance, help them recover quickly and gain stronger growth momentum later on.
Trẻ mệt mỏi chán ăn sau sốt cha mẹ cần khắc phục giúp trẻ nhanh chóng phục hồi
3. Signs that your baby is tired needs immediate medical attention
Children's fatigue and loss of appetite after fever can cause the disease to return. Therefore, parents need to pay attention if the child has the following signs that need to be taken to the hospital as soon as possible:
Runny nose, runny nose: If the child has a lot of runny nose, parents need to take the child. see a doctor right away. A runny nose can be a trigger for an upper respiratory tract infection or sore throat. However, a runny nose can also be a sign of otitis media, a common disease that is often detected late and can cause serious complications such as permanent deafness or meningitis;
Unusual fussing: Children with anorexia and fatigue may be because the body has not recovered, but when the baby suddenly cries for no reason, parents can't calm it or more seriously, the baby cries but feels weak. the baby is sick again;
Stop eating, stop breastfeeding: After a period of illness, children lose their appetite and stop breastfeeding can be easily explained. However, if your baby does not eat or drink anything or stops breastfeeding completely, it can be a sign of danger and needs to be intervened by a doctor.
Parents can add necessary micronutrients for children who are tired and have anorexia after fever
such as: zinc, selenium, chromium, vitamins B1 and B6, ginger, acerola fruit extract (vitamin C), ... to improve taste, eat well, gain height and weight in accordance with and exceed standards, have a good immune system, enhance resistance to less sickness and less digestive problems.
Also according to leading nutrition experts, parents need to be calm and persistent when supplementing with nutrients for children, even through eating or functional foods. In particular, the use of functional foods should choose those of natural origin that are easily absorbed, do not allow simultaneous use of many types or continuously change the types of functional foods. Besides, during this period, nutritionists also emphasized the role of biological zinc; Parents should learn and supplement zinc for children properly at the appropriate time, to avoid zinc deficiency affecting the comprehensive development of children.
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