Patient's question:
Medical Description: The patient is a female, about 4 and a half months old, and her health condition was previously good. The current illness is: 1. Her palms, soles, and armpits feel hot, but her spirits are okay; 2. Her temperature is between 38.3 and 39.3; 3. She is eating complementary foods and milk normally.History of Treatment and Effectiveness: 1. She was prescribed Paracetamol at the district hospital. Over two days, she took about 3ml, all when her temperature was above 38.5. The fever did not subside, so she received two days of intravenous drips, which also did not work. On the fourth day, she was taken to the Nanjing Children's Hospital for another round of intravenous drips, and a fever-reducing patch was applied to her navel. The fever then subsided. 2. The doctor still diagnosed it as a viral cold.
Help Needed: 1.
Doctor's answer:
Baby's poor appetite needs to identify the triggering causes. Baby's picky eating is often related to multiple factors, common ones include poor eating habits, psychological factors, and disease factors. A child's appetite fluctuates normally under normal circumstances. If a child's appetite is temporarily poor and parents become overly anxious, using methods like coaxing or scaring, over time, the child may develop a negative conditioned reflex, becoming tense whenever it's time to eat, leading to psychological picky eating. In this case, parents should not overly focus on how much the child eats or doesn't eat, help the child alleviate their anxiety, and wait patiently for their appetite to return. If the poor appetite is caused by bad habits, such as excessive sugar water consumption or snacking, these habits need to be corrected. If it's caused by diseases, such as anemia or zinc deficiency, it's necessary to go to the hospital for diagnosis to confirm the condition before targeted treatment.