What to do if your child has poor digestion

  Children have a higher incidence of poor digestion than other people because their spleen and stomach are not fully developed, and the main symptoms are picky eating, anorexia and loss of appetite.  Parents should clarify the causes of poor digestion in children, if it is simply poor digestion, it is recommended to adjust the diet structure in a timely manner to ensure balanced nutrition, it is recommended to eat more carbohydrates, try to eat less high-fat, high-protein food, such as less lean meat, fish, do not eat animal skin, offal, fatty meat, etc., to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. To eat less and more meals, do not overeat, each meal can eat to seven or eight minutes full. If there is a lack of trace elements, supplement essential amino acids and essential fatty acids, as well as various vitamins and trace elements, and pay attention to maintaining the water-electrolyte balance. It is important to give children more easily digestible food, drink more water, and have frequent outdoor exercise. In addition, you can also help your child massage the abdomen clockwise or perform Chinese medicine massage, etc. If necessary, you can take the appropriate amount of drugs to help digestion, and promptly take your child to the doctor, if the H. pylori infection is caused by the systemic treatment to eliminate the germs.  Children are in the growth and development period, poor digestion is very easy to affect the body’s absorption of nutrients, will affect the child’s growth and development, once found that the child’s poor digestion, must be timely conditioning, to avoid affecting the child’s growth and development.