What is malnutrition? What are the symptoms of malnutrition?

Malnutrition can cause patients to have difficulty concentrating and severe osteoporosis. They will start to feel joint pain after walking a few steps, have a poor appetite, develop myopia, and have affected vision. They usually don't want to move and often like to sleep. These are all obvious signs of malnutrition. When these symptoms occur, they must be treated in time, otherwise it will cause serious harm to the body.

Malnutrition is a common phenomenon. Many people suffer from malnutrition due to inattention to diet or other reasons. When malnutrition occurs, timely treatment is required to avoid causing harm to the body. Many people do not know much about the symptoms of malnutrition. So, what is malnutrition?

Malnutrition can cause patients to have difficulty concentrating, and their efficiency in study and work will be significantly reduced. They will also have abnormal emotions and be unable to control their joy and sorrow. This is because the body lacks nutrients, resulting in insufficient supply to the brain, so the brain's control ability will also decrease. Because of malnutrition, the body will exhibit all kinds of very strange movements.

In severe cases, osteoporosis may occur, and the patient may start to feel joint pain and bone soreness after walking a few steps. Especially after brain exercise, the patient may feel weak all over the body, have calf cramps, and be accompanied by symptoms of general fatigue, back pain, and a significant decline in physical fitness, similar to the symptoms of the elderly. In severe cases, hunchback, lumbar disc herniation, and sciatica may also occur.

Small appetite, myopia, affected vision, unwillingness to move, frequent sleepiness, and difficulty waking up. The person is thin and weak, has soft flesh, poor immunity, and is prone to catching colds, especially in winter. Once exposed to the wind, the person will catch a cold, have a fever and a runny nose, and may even be prone to severe colds. The chance of developing the disease is more than 80% higher than that of normal people.

Patients with malnutrition should add more foods with high nutritional value in their daily life. Start with just a little bit and then gradually increase the amount. You can eat some foods that can stimulate your appetite but not make you feel disgusted. Try not to eat various snacks and snacks. You can eat some fresh vegetables, such as spinach, celery, lettuce, etc.

There are actually two types of malnutrition: one is malnutrition caused by insufficient nutrition, and the other is malnutrition caused by overnutrition. Malnutrition may cause children to be thin, weak, and so on.

Malnutrition can be seen from the child's dietary intake, and can also be compared with the weight and height of the parents. At the same time, the family environment and the child's eating habits also play a more or less impact on the formation of malnutrition.

Children with malnutrition must eat more fruits and vegetables to increase the vitamin content, and also eat more high-calorie, high-protein foods. If combined with some physical exercise, I believe malnutrition can be cured.