When children are young, many parents weigh their children and measure their height every month, and the elderly prefer their grandchildren to gain weight. Height and weight is an important index to measure children's development, but it can't fully reflect children's health. Experts believe that a complete physical examination for children can find diseases and risk factors of diseases with inconspicuous symptoms at an early stage, and no longer form diseases through intervention.
Kindergarten gives children a physical examination every year. For example, parents can only get a few data such as hemoglobin. If 27 routine blood tests are performed, it will be more comprehensive than just 3 or 5. In particular, the early symptoms of anemia in children are not obvious, but if anemia in children develops to moderate and severe levels, it will affect children's growth and development, including height, weight and intelligence, and even cause diseases of other related organs in severe cases.
In the physical examination, you can check your child's lung and respiratory diseases by taking a chest film; Visceral examination should use B-ultrasound, which can find congenital abnormalities and acquired abnormalities; The development of spine can be found by X-ray photography of spine. Childhood is in a critical period of growth and development, and biochemical examination is essential to determine whether trace elements are lacking. Some parents give their children blind supplements, such as zinc, calcium and iron, which are bought for their children in advertisements. But if there is no shortage of trace elements in the child's body, it is useless to supplement it blindly. Excessive iron will accumulate in organs and cause metabolic diseases. Too much calcium can cause stones, and too much zinc can affect appetite. Therefore, the most scientific method is to supplement according to the inspection results.
■ Children can grow up healthily through early intervention on risk factors. After a comprehensive physical examination, doctors and parents can carry out early intervention on children's diseases and risk factors according to the results of physical examination.