What if a child is thin and doesn’t gain weight?

Children’s wasting and not growing meat may be related to malnutrition, dyspepsia, hyperthyroidism, diabetes, etc., which can be treated by increasing nutrition, regulating the stomach and intestines, and medication.
1. Increase nutrition: some children eat more starchy food, too little meat food intake, protein intake is insufficient, which will cause slow weight gain, wasting and not growing meat, you can give the child to increase the meat food, such as beef, eggs, milk and so on. Ensuring protein intake can improve the symptoms.
2. Regulate gastrointestinal: children’s gastrointestinal function is not good, indigestion, affecting nutrient absorption, can also cause wasting, you can use probiotics, such as bifidobacteria, bacillus subtilis bifidus granules, etc. to regulate the gastrointestinal, to help digestion, increase body weight.
3. medication: hyperthyroidism, diabetes can also cause body wasting, you can take the child to the hospital for examination, if suffering from diabetes, you can use insulin and other treatments, need to pay attention to the side effects of drugs, such as nausea, diarrhea and other adverse reactions.
Children who are thin and do not grow meat are recommended to take their children to the hospital in time to complete the relevant examinations to identify the causes and then targeted treatment. The above medication should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.