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The characteristics of the child Malnutrition

February 3rd, 2010 admin

NUTRITION worse is the condition of the body that looks very skinny because the food is eaten every day can not meet the required nutrients, especially calories and protein.

Early signs of malnutrition: child’s weight, the location of the point in the KMS, far below the red line (BGM). Request for advice to the cadre or medical personnel if the child’s weight is more than three months and hold down (not up).

Clinical symptoms of malnutrition, among others, the patient became reddish hair color, body, emaciated and barely clad bone skin (marasmus). If clinical symptoms are not handled properly, the patient increasingly distended abdomen and swollen feet (kwashiorkor).

Signs of marasmus children (less calories)

(1) the child appears very thin, the bone was wrapped in leather, and butt wrinkles. (2) face is like an old man (monkey face). (3) Skin wrinkles, dry and dull. (4) thin hair, redness, and easily removed. (5) Children whiny and fussy.

The signs of kwashiorkor children (less protein)

(1) Swelling (edema) is almost in the whole body, especially your back and legs. (2) round and puffy face (moon face). (3) eyes were dull and glazed. (4) hair is thin, rare, and easily removed. (5) There are red and black patches on the skin, sometimes peeling. (6) whiny, fussy, and “apathy”.

Countermeasures

(1) Mother provides a variety of foods in small portions and often to children as needed and instructions on how to provision of food from the hospital / doctor / clinic.
(2) When the toddler was treated, notice given food. Then, go home.
(3) Give only breast milk if a baby aged less than four months.
(4) Try to wean after a two-year-old
(5) Provide supplementary food milk (porridge, fruit, crackers, etc..) For infants over four months and provide age-appropriate stages.

For prevention
(1) Weigh each month to a neighborhood health center infants
(2) Report to medical personnel on the development of child health and child’s weight.

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Difficult Child Overcome Eating Tips

January 21st, 2010 admin

Your toddler hard eat? Do not be emotional. Think calmly and set strategy. Here dr Soeroyo Machfudz SpA (K) MPH from Yogyakarta to give some tips that can be utilized:

1. For mothers who work, take a minute just to feed their children but the quality. Because, actually the kids really understand when her mother worked.
2. Give psychic satisfaction to the child according to his age, and make that happy mood, for example, children eat while walking, saw the train, and others. The main problems of difficult children to eat it six months to two years. Origin”was surpassed by a good age, in the future Insha Allah there is no problem.”, Said Soeroyo.
3. At the time both parents mother and father came home from work, was first to be held or addressed his son. Do not the other.
4. Do not force children to eat until fed, pinched or even glaring. What if the child does not want vegetables, tofu, tempeh, and other nutritious foods? Soeroyo suggest better children ‘dilaparkan’ first. ”But we have our food prepared programming, then gradually he will want, but it needs nurturing, discipline.”,
he said.
5. We recommend that you apply as early as possible the educational rewards and punishments. For example, when children want to eat commendable, are invited for a walk, kiss, hug. When you do not want to eat, say, for example, mother or father does not want to see television together, not going for a walk again.
6. In a four-month-old child after the sixth month, both were given instant porridge provided that the child was not allergic to milk. After a six-month-old child, better make the porridge itself, because there are various choices of vegetables and side dishes that can reduce the saturation of flavor. For example, the liver with spinach, and carrots with tempeh, kale with tofu, and so forth. However, if the food is the child has diarrhea or vomiting then the menu should be evaluated.
7. At the time the baby is experiencing changes in foods such as six months, nine months a year, he will feel strange feeling because it feels so sometimes played played like spit, this must be entered again. Principle, if the food is vomited, have a little bit and the food should be more fluid again.
8. In the case of children who experience mental disorders that manifest in the stomach with vomiting can be solved approximately after three years. However, such cases were rare and did not become a problem of origin nutritional needs, calorie, fat, protein is fulfilled.

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