Patient's question:
My baby is now 5 months old, a girl named Qin, and is breastfed by her mother. At four months, we started adding scrambled egg yolk and apple juice. In the first few months, she grew well, but after three months, her growth has slowed. Her weight has increased, but her height only grew by one centimeter in a month. She has poor sleep and sweats a lot. At four months, we took her to the hospital for a check-up, and they said she is calcium deficient. We started giving her fish oil, but there hasn’t been a significant improvement. Is this normal development for a child? Should we do anything if her development is not good?Doctor's answer:
In this case, I suggest you take her to a reputable and authoritative hospital for treatment, seek professional advice, and don't panic. Do your best for the child's health with the existing medical treatments, but the prognosis should be discussed with experts in this field. To be honest, in modern medicine, some issues are well understood by doctors in slightly more specialized and hospitals.