Slow weight gain of newborns may be caused by insufficient nutritional intake, indigestion, lactose intolerance and so on, and the main treatment is general treatment and medication.
1. Insufficient nutritional intake: It may be due to insufficient feeding of newborns, such as insufficient breast milk or formula feeding, which will lead to insufficient nutritional intake, and it is necessary to increase the amount of breast milk or formula feeding, so as to achieve the need to feed.
2. Indigestion: For example, overfeeding or feeding newborns cooler milk may cause indigestion, which can lead to slow weight gain, so parents should pay attention to feeding on demand and not overfeeding. Parents should pay attention to the temperature and the proportion of milk powder when brewing, and should not make it too cold or too thick. If necessary, you can follow the doctor’s advice to use probiotics and other drugs for treatment.
3. Lactose intolerance: mainly caused by the lack of lactase enzyme that digests lactose, diarrhea, abdominal pain and other symptoms will occur after eating dairy products, thus affecting the growth, resulting in slow weight gain, usually need to temporarily reduce or stop breastfeeding, replaced by lactose-free or low-lactose milk powder.
There may be other reasons for slow weight gain in newborns, so you should go to the hospital in time to find out the cause and target treatment or therapy.