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Anorexia is a common nutritional disorder in children due to many causes: Physiological changes, psychological discomfort or some infections, ... During the period of anorexia, parents It is necessary to find out what is causing the condition to have a timely remedy.
Video content is professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor I Nguyen Thi My Linh - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec Danang International General Hospital
Signs of anorexia include:
Mild: Children choose food, eat only liquid foods or foods that they like; Moderate: Child refuses food (spray, do not chew, do not swallow). Severity: Child refuses food altogether. Unlike pathological anorexia, physiological anorexia means that in a certain period, children suddenly eat less and do not feel excited about food. In fact, many mothers wonder why their baby eats deliciously every day, but when a 7-month-old child is anorexic or an 8-month-old anorexic, this makes mothers very worried and looking for a way. overcome.
The stage of physiological anorexia can be: When the child is 3-4 months, 8-10 months, 18-20 months. Because the child is an anorexic, it will be overcome very quickly, about 7-10 days, the child can eat and drink as usual.
For children with anorexia physiological, all activities still take place normally, the child is just more distracted with eating than usual. Parents should not be too worried because this situation will pass very quickly.
When children have anorexia and effective ways to overcome it, parents need to find out what is the cause of anorexia in children. In the case of children with anorexia physiological, there is usually no need to intervene, if the child is anorexic (parents forcefully eat too much), parents need to review how to feed the child to overcome, the stage of the child's pathological anorexia. It is necessary to treat the underlying disease for the child, when the disease is cured, the anorexia will also improve.
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