Anorexia in children

Lack of appetite in the presence of a physiological nutritional requirement, caused by disturbances in the activity of the food center. It occurs with excessive emotional excitement, mental illnesses, disorders of the endocrine system, intoxications (poisoning caused by the action on the body of toxic substances that have got into it from the outside or formed in the body itself), metabolic disorders, digestive system diseases (acute gastritis, gastroduodenitis, ), Irregular monotonous nutrition, poor taste of food, unfavorable environment for its reception, use of unpleasant taste medications that suppress the function of the gastrointestinal tract or acting on the central nervous system, and as a result of neurotic reaction to various negative influences. With prolonged anorexia, the body's resistance decreases and its susceptibility to various diseases increases. In young children, anorexia develops more often with forcible feeding, violation of complementary feeding rules.
Identification and elimination of the main cause of anorexia, the organization of diet, the introduction of a variety of foods in the diet, in infants - the normalization of feeding. Prescribe drugs that stimulate the appetite (so-called appetizing tea, vitamin B12, cerucal). In severe exhaustion, multivitamins, hormones (retabolil) are shown; With neuroses
- psychotherapy, the appointment of psychopharmacological means. In special cases, artificial nutrition is applied with the introduction of nutrient solutions into the vein.