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Failure to thrive is a common presenting problem in the pediatric population in both resource-abundant and resource-poor countries. While epidemiology may vary by region, inadequate caloric intake remains the most common cause of FTT in both developed and developing countries, and poverty is the greatest risk factor for FTT worldwide.
Bainbridge–Ropers syndrome was first identified in 2013 and is characterized by failure to thrive, feeding problems, hypotonia, intellectual disabilities, autism, postnatal growth delay, abnormal facial features such as arched eyebrows, anteverted nares, and delays in language acquisition. BRPS is extremely rare worldwide; more than thirty ...
Citrin deficiency has four primary phenotypes that are age dependent. These include neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency (NICCD) that affects infants, the adaptation or silent period, failure to thrive and dyslipidemia caused by citrin deficiency (FTTDCD) and adolescent and adult citrin deficiency (AACD) (formerly termed CTLN2), which represents the most severe form of ...
"Non-organic" simply means that the child's failure to thrive cannot be explained by an organic cause, such as an illness or deficiency. [7] The term "failure to thrive" refers to an abnormal pattern of weight gain or weight loss, or experiencing insufficient growth patterns in accordance with a child's age and developmental stage. [8]
The criteria included a requirement of onset before the age of 8 months and was equated with failure to thrive. Both these features were dropped in DSM-III-R, 1987. Instead, onset was changed to being within the first 5 years of life and the disorder itself was divided into two subcategories, inhibited and disinhibited.
Initial symptoms include feeding intolerance and failure to thrive, increased gastric residuals, abdominal distension, and bloody stools. Symptoms may progress rapidly to abdominal discoloration with intestinal perforation and peritonitis and systemic hypotension requiring intensive medical support .
Infants may display irritability, failure to thrive, alterations in eating patterns, lethargy, vomiting, seizures, bulging or tense fontanelles (the soft spots on a baby's head), increased size of the head, altered breathing, and dilated pupils, although all these clinical findings are generic and are known to have a range of causes, with ...
Stunted growth, also known as stunting or linear growth failure, is defined as impaired growth and development manifested by low height-for-age. [1] It is often caused by malnutrition and can occur due to endogenous factors (such as chronic food insecurity ) or exogenous factors (such as parasitic infection ).