Patient's question:
NoDoctor's answer:
Children with zinc deficiency may suffer from various diseases. They not only exhibit stunted growth and poor weight gain but also experience rough skin, yellow and soft hair that becomes dry and brittle. Zinc deficiency can also impair their taste buds, altering their sense of taste and leading to a loss of appetite, anorexia, dull taste perception, abnormal smell, pica, upper abdominal pain, recurrent oral ulcers, dermatitis, delayed sexual maturity, low cellular immune function, slow growth, and lethargy.