Poor Feeding in Infants Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Acute Gastroenteritis

Poor feeding (in infants) Unintentional weight loss Excessive sweating Clammy skin Muscle pain or joint stiffness Who is at risk for acute gastroenteritis? Anyone. [sunshine-pediatrics.com]

feeding in infants. [southerncross.co.nz]

[…] pain and cramping Mild fever and chills Loss of appetite Headache and muscle aches Tiredness and general body weakness Incontinence (loss of control over bowel motions) Poor [southerncross.co.nz]

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Neonatal Hypoglycemia

Available from: A 6-day old infant was admitted to our hospital with seizures, irritability and poor feeding. [ijri.org]

[…] of a diabetic mother (IDM including gestational, Type 1 or 2 diabetes), preterm (35 or 36 weeks), small (birth weight 4500g) or other reasons including poor feeding. [ebneo.org]

[…] heart disease Infants with symptoms of hypoglycaemia e.g. jitteriness, poor feeding Infants with possible Septo-Optic Dysplaisa e.g. midline brain abnormality seen antenatally [adhb.govt.nz]

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Urinary Tract Disease

Newborns: fever or hypothermia (low temperature), poor feeding, jaundice Infants: vomiting, diarrhea, fever, poor feeding, not thriving Children: irritability, eating poorly [medicinenet.com]

Fairly high fever (higher than 101 F) Shaking chills Nausea Vomiting Flank pain: pain in the back or side, usually on only one side at about waist level In newborns, infants [medicinenet.com]

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Viral Lower Respiratory Infection

Infants present with: Cough (the most common symptom after the first four weeks). Tachypnoea (according to severity). Grunting. Chest indrawing. Feeding difficulties. [patient.info]

[…] this may be the first sign), poor feeding, dehydration, and fever. 15, 16 RSV is the most common causative organism and is responsible for around 75% of all cases. 6 Rhinovirus [dovepress.com]

Irritability and poor sleep. Breathing, which may be described as 'wheezy' (but usually upper airway noise). History of preceding URTI (very common). [patient.info]

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Urinary Tract Infection

Newborns and infants may develop fever or hypothermia, poor feeding, jaundice, vomiting, and diarrhea. [rxlist.com]

Children typically present with a high fever and systemic symptoms such as lethargy (tiredness), vomiting and poor feeding. [doi.org]

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Endocardial Cushion Defect

In severe cases, patients have a history of poor feeding, chronic upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, and poor growth. [chdbabies.com]

Tachycardia, tachypnea, poor peripheral circulation, feeding difficulties and excessive sweating are encountered in the first few months of life, and in the absence of an [symptoma.com]

Patients with a complete defect develop CHF in infancy, with frequent respiratory infections and poor weight gain. An infant may be relatively asymptomatic. [chdbabies.com]

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Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Infants present with developmental delay, failure to thrive, lethargy, poor feeding, mental retardation, seizures, listlessness, irritability, ataxia, hyporeflexia, hypotonia [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Polycythemia Neonatorum

Introduction & basic Clinical approach Management Conclusion 3. 11 D old, bottle-feeding infant parents c/o his poor appetite for 24 hrs ,, BP 82/52,PR 150,temp. 36.2 ,, O [pt.slideshare.net]

[…] drug-exposed infant, even if born at term? [studystack.com]

Clinical features include apathy and poor feeding. The cry is feeble and the infant is lethargic with depressed reflexes, bradycardia and oliguria. [intranet.tdmu.edu.ua]

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Cystitis

Children typically present with a high fever and systemic symptoms such as lethargy (tiredness), vomiting and poor feeding. [doi.org]

These groups include infants, pregnant women, the elderly, patients with spinal cord injuries and/or catheters, patients with diabetes or multiple sclerosis, patients with [doi.org]

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Acute Cystitis

Children typically present with a high fever and systemic symptoms such as lethargy (tiredness), vomiting and poor feeding. [doi.org]

These groups include infants, pregnant women, the elderly, patients with spinal cord injuries and/or catheters, patients with diabetes or multiple sclerosis, patients with [doi.org]

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Short Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency

[…] diagnosed with SCADD have symptoms that can include hypoglycemia, lack of energy, vomiting, poor feeding, seizures, poor muscle tone, developmental delays and failure to [geneticlifehacks.com]

Affected infants may have difficulty feeding and fail to grow at the expected rate. Some show poor muscle tone, seizures, and small head size. [counsyl.com]

Short-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency affected infants will have vomiting, low blood sugar, a lack of energy (lethargy), poor feeding, and failure to gain weight [en.wikipedia.org]

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Cold-Induced Sweating Syndrome Type 1

Patients manifest, in the neonatal period, orofacial weakness with impaired sucking and swallowing, resulting in poor feeding. [uniprot.org]

Affected infants show a tendency to startle, with contractions of the facial muscles in response to tactile stimuli or during crying, trismus, abundant salivation, and opisthotonus [uniprot.org]

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Iron Deficiency

Additional risk factors are the feeding problems, poor growth, and inadequate nutrition typically seen in infants with special health care needs. [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

Additional risk factors include the feeding problems, poor growth, and inadequate nutrition typically seen in infants with special health care needs as well as low socioeconomic [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

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Duodenal Atresia

When to call the doctor Frequent or constant vomiting, unsuccessful feeding, and poor weight gain should be reported to the pediatrician as soon as noted. [healthofchildren.com]

If an infant in the first few weeks of life pulls the knees up and intermittently cries in pain along with frequent vomiting, the pediatrician should be consulted immediately [healthofchildren.com]

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Anemia

Infants present with developmental delay, failure to thrive, lethargy, poor feeding, mental retardation, seizures, listlessness, irritability, ataxia, hyporeflexia, hypotonia [web.archive.org]

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Acute Respiratory Infection

feeding (in infants), which may lead to dehydration in extreme cases, bluish or gray color of the lips and fingernails If the pneumonia is in the lower part of the lungs [kidshealth.org]

feeding, fever, or low body temperature, abdominal distension and erratic breathing; Mild chest indrawing is normal in young infants because their chest wall is soft. [wikieducator.org]

[…] cough stuffy nose shaking chills vomiting chest pain belly pain (because a child is coughing and working hard to breathe) less activity loss of appetite (in older kids) or poor [kidshealth.org]

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Malnutrition

[…] maternal nutrition and poor infant and young child feeding practices) and/or repeated infections – among these populations. [vitaminangels.org]

[…] inappropriate infant and young child feeding and care in early life. [who.int]

[…] to support growth and development, Vitamin Angels focuses on addressing chronic undernutrition (or "stunting") – inadequate nutrition over long periods of time (including poor [vitaminangels.org]

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Sexually Transmitted Disease

Up to 20% of infants are asymptomatic. Among neonates with symptoms, the most common symptoms are: 1. Respiratory distress 2. Apnea 3. Lethargy 4. Poor feeding 5. [cancertherapyadvisor.com]

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Depression

[…] problems Infant complications or special needs Poor social support Perimenopause and menopause Risk of depression may increase during the transition to menopause, a stage [mayoclinic.org]

[…] hormonal fluctuations that influence mood The responsibility of caring for a newborn Predisposition to mood and anxiety disorders Pregnancy and birth complications Breast-feeding [mayoclinic.org]

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Tonsillitis

‘In infants, tonsillitis may include symptoms that appear to be less focused on the throat, such as poor feeding, runny nose, and a slight fever.’ [en.oxforddictionaries.com]

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Kernicterus

By the third day of life the infant developed fever, poor feeding and severe jaundice. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Symptoms of kernicterus include loss of the startle reflex, poor feeding, decreased movement, and seizures. [britannica.com]

Classic kernicterus (mature infants): Acute bilirubin encephalopathy (first week of life): decreased alerteness, hypotonia, poor feeding. [atlases.muni.cz]

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Esophagitis

child, adult Failure to thrive (poor growth, malnutrition, or weight loss) and poor appetite – infant, child, rarely adult Abdominal or chest pain – child, adult Feeding [apfed.org]

Eosinophilic esophagitis in children In infants and toddlers, eosinophilic esophagitis can cause irritability, problems with feeding, and poor weight gain. [acaai.org]

[…] refusal/intolerance or poor appetite – infant, child Difficulty sleeping due to chest or abdominal pain, reflux, and/or nausea – infant, child, adult What causes eosinophilic [apfed.org]

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Hypoglycemia

feeding, cyanosis, temperature instability, and coma. [uichildrens.org]

Screening of infants at risk (see table at end of this section): Screen by plasma glucose measurements at 1, 2, 4, 8 and 24 hours of age if not receiving glucose containing [uichildrens.org]

[…] ile), SGA (IUGR Signs: Non-specific, including tremulousness, twitching, jitteriness, irritability, exaggerated Moro reflex, high pitched cry, seizures, apnea, limpness, poor [uichildrens.org]

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Familial Dysautonomia

Problems related to this disorder first appear in infants who show poor muscle tone (hypotonia), feeding difficulties, poor growth, lack of tears, frequent lung infections [jpost.com]

Early signs and symptoms include poor muscle tone (hypotonia), feeding difficulties, poor growth, lack of tears, frequent lung infections, and difficulty maintaining body [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Symptoms of FD include: hypotonia (poor muscle tone) feeding difficulties poor growth lack of tears attacks of nausea with vomiting frequent lung infections difficulty maintaining [contact.org.uk]

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Oral Candidiasis

Infants with thrush may present with pain, poor feeding, or fussiness, but patients are more often asymptomatic and thrush presents no interference with eating. [pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu]

Thrush in infants and newborns is relatively common and is only a concern if it causes poor feeding or is associated with weight loss or other symptoms of systemic illness [medicinenet.com]

Consult a pediatrician if thrush in an infant lasts more than a couple of weeks. [medicinenet.com]

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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Infants with GERD may refuse to feed and experience poor growth. [digestinol.com]

Common symptoms of GERD in infants include regurgitation or vomiting associated with irritability, anorexia or feeding refusal, poor weight gain, dysphagia, presumably painful [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

Infants and young children may demonstrate irritability or arching of the back, often during or immediately after feedings. [digestinol.com]

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Streptococcal Infection

Signs and symptoms of GBS neonatal infection may include fever, breathing problems, seizures, lethargy, and poor feeding. [medicinenet.com]

The infection can be spread to infants before or during birth. [medicinenet.com]

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Goiter

Symptoms of hypothyroidism in infants can include: Constipation Poor feeding Poor growth Jaundice (yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes) Excessive sleeping Symptoms of [emedicinehealth.com]

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Supraventricular Tachycardia

Sweating, poor feeding, pale skin and infants with a pulse rate greater than 200 beats per minute may have supraventricular tachycardia. [mayoclinic.org]

Assessment Symptoms Infants - pallor, dyspnoea, poor feeding. [rch.org.au]

[…] your chest Rapid heartbeat (palpitations) Shortness of breath Lightheadedness or dizziness Sweating A pounding sensation in the neck Fainting (syncope) or near fainting In infants [mayoclinic.org]

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Puerperium

Complications in the infant Poor feeding or other feeding problems. Lethargy. Jaundice. Conjunctivitis. Infection of the umbilical cord stump. [bettercare.co.za]

Complications in the infant. Poor feeding or other feeding problems. Lethargy. Jaundice. Conjunctivitis. Infection of the umbilical cord stump. [bettercare.co.za]

Each patient must be taught to monitor her own wellbeing, as well as that of her fetus or infant. [bettercare.co.za]

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