What should I do if my baby is short of zinc?

1, excessive sweating: On rainy days, when the temperature is high, the baby sweats a lot, and the zinc in the body can be excreted with sweat and continuously lost.

2, do not like to eat: hot weather will reduce the baby's appetite, resulting in a decrease in zinc intake.

3, low immunity: summer babies are prone to digestive tract diseases, the most common is diarrhea, which will also cause the loss of zinc in the body.

4. Mom didn't get timely supplement during pregnancy: zinc deficiency during pregnancy, and the baby didn't absorb enough zinc.

What should I do if my baby is short of zinc?

1. Dietary supplement: the baby supplements zinc by breast milk, and breast-feeds the baby for at least 3 months. The absorption rate of zinc in breast milk is high, reaching 62%. Add foods rich in zinc after weaning, such as beef and mutton, lean pork, peanuts, soybeans, carrots, oysters and so on. According to the determination, the zinc content of animal food is higher than that of plant food, and the amino acids produced by protein decomposition of animals can promote the absorption of zinc, and the absorption rate is generally around 50%; Zinc contained in plant foods can combine with plant acids and cellulose to form water-insoluble compounds, which hinder human absorption, and the absorption rate is about 20%.

2, medicine supplement: must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor. Because there are many factors affecting zinc absorption, especially children with anorexia are often in a vicious circle, and it is difficult to get the zinc they need from food, so they must be supplemented with drugs. At present, zinc preparations include zinc sulfate, zinc gluconate, zinc glycyrrhizinate and yeast zinc. The difference between effective dose and toxic dose of zinc is very small. If used improperly, it will easily lead to overdose and induce a series of diseases such as iron deficiency, copper deficiency and anemia.

3, breastfeeding: breast milk contains zinc to promote the baby's growth and development, especially colostrum contains a lot of zinc, artificially fed babies need to add complementary food on time, while paying attention to supplementing zinc-rich foods.