Hypotrophy is a chronic eating disorder. The disease can arise from underfeeding, violations of the food intake, improper culinary processing of foods, the introduction of complementary foods that are prohibited in any form on the menu. Also, hypotrophy occurs when eating monotonous food.
With such a disease, the child's metabolism is disturbed. The kid begins to lag behind in physical development, he loses weight, up to exhaustion. It is worth noting that malnutrition in a child can still form in utero due to various harmful factors. It can also occur in infancy as a result of malnutrition or previous diseases.
Much depends on nutrition. Lack of proteins, carbohydrates, mineral salts or their incorrect ratio in the diet - all this can easily lead to malnutrition. This disease leads to a decrease in appetite. It is because of this that the body's defenses can decrease, and the baby begins to constantly get sick.
Treatment of hypotrophy consists in proper nutrition of the child. If breast milk is not enough, then it is best to introduce adapted formulas or kefir into the diet. Also, cottage cheese is prescribed from two months and meat from five months. To increase the child's appetite, you can reduce the amount of portions, while increasing the number of feedings.
The most important thing is that you cannot force-feed the baby, you need the food to have a pleasant smell, look and taste.
