Loss of appetite, small appetite, partial eclipse and anorexia, not taking the initiative to eat.
● Height development is much slower than that of children of the same age, and even the head is too short to reach the normal development index.
Often sick, poor resistance, such as colds, fever, pneumonia and other respiratory infections.
Low intelligence, slow reaction, difficulty in concentration and poor ability to learn new things.
● Skin trauma is difficult to heal, and it is prone to intractable eczema and rash.
Finger barb, nail leukoplakia, oral ulcer, thin yellow hair.
● pica, like to chew fingers, toys, clothes, etc. Even eat inedible things such as wall ash and mud.
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1, picky eaters, anorexia, pica symptoms began.
One of the manifestations of zinc deficiency in children: picky eaters and anorexia. At this time, parents often mistakenly think that their children are calcium deficient, but in fact, children may also be zinc deficient. Zinc deficiency will damage taste sensitivity, affect human digestive and metabolic functions, lead to tasteless food, decreased appetite, and insufficient nutrition for a long time, which will inevitably affect children's growth and development.
2, children love to get sick, and their immunity becomes worse.
Moreover, children are short of zinc and love to get sick. Zinc is involved in promoting the development of immune organs and affecting human cellular immunity. Zinc deficiency will weaken the anti-virus ability of immune cells and make babies prone to illness.
3. White spots on nails and abnormal tongue coating
Children with zinc deficiency are prone to white spots on their fingernails and barbs; In addition, children's hair grows slowly, and it is yellow and has little hair.
4. Short stature and low intelligence.
Zinc is also related to the baby's brain intelligence development, and zinc deficiency will affect the baby's intelligence. Lack of intelligence will affect learning and growth. Clinically, babies with zinc deficiency have slow reaction, easy to be distracted in class and poor learning ability.