Patient's question:
Here is the English translation of the provided text:"My son has always been like this since he was a child—he doesn’t like eating, needs to be fed every day, and shows no interest in most foods. By the time he was eight years old, he only weighed twelve kilograms, and his height was 1.25 meters. We are very worried."
Doctor's answer:
According to your purchase situation, it is considered that anorexia is a long-term decrease or loss of appetite. It is a condition where local or systemic diseases interfere with the absorption function, causing increased tension in smooth muscles of the gastrointestinal tract, increased excretion of digestive fluids, and reduced enzyme activity. Zinc can restore the effect on taste and appetite through its incorporation into zinc-containing proteins, thereby enhancing appetite. Zinc can also mobilize vitamin A in the liver, maintaining a constant concentration of vitamin A in the plasma, which plays an important role in maintaining normal night vision.Zinc is also essential for skin health. Additionally, zinc can promote wound healing and increase the body's resistance.
Zinc deficiency in the human body, especially in growing children, is more pronounced. Its clinical manifestations include: slow growth, poor appetite, dull or even loss of taste, poor wound healing, and increased susceptibility to infections.
In daily life, you can consume sufficient amounts of zinc-rich foods, such as oysters, shrimp, lean meat, animal liver, and so on.