Poor feeding
Poor feeding: Introduction
An infant may feed poorly for numerous reasons,
some of which are very serious.
Poor feeding can lead to weight loss
which in an infant is often called failure to thrive.
Even if weight is not lost, poor growth may indicate a medical problem.
Any infant with poor feeding needs medical attention
for correct diagnosis.
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Medical Books Excerpts
- ANOREXIA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Anorexia
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- ANOREXIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Anorexia
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Anorexia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Anorexia
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Anorexia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Anorexia
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- ANOREXIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Diagnostic tests for Poor feeding:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Poor feeding. Some of these are listed below :
- General appearance and observation
- Looking for any dysmorphic ( abnormality of shape) features of face and body that may affect feeding - e.g. Down syndrome, cleft palate, Pierre Robin syndrome (small jaw, cleft palate and downward displacement of the tongue), fetal alcohol syndrome (narrow space between the eyes, short nose, small face, small upper lip), Zellweger syndrome.
- Observe the child's behavior and interaction with yourself. If child is alert, interested in new objects, keen to explore and relates in a friendly manner, a feeding problem is more likely because of an isolated condition rather than global retardation
- Physical examination
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Poor feeding.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- When did the poor feeding start?
- Is the infant being breast fed or bottle fed?
- What are the feeding patterns?
- If breast feeding, what is attachment to the nipple like? - e.g. does the baby get a good mouthful of breast.
- If bottle feeding, does the teat's hole allow milk to flow through adequately?
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Poor feeding) may include:
- Weight loss? - Poor feeding can lead to weight loss which in an infant is often called failure_to_thrive. Even if weight is not lost, poor_growth may indicate a medical problem.
- Developmental delay? - e.g. gross motor skills, fine motor function, language, hearing, social skills and understanding.
- Shortness of breath? - If shortness of breath is severe it will affect feeding e.g. congenital heart disease, heart failure, asthma, cystic fibrosis.
- Jaundice (yellow discoloration of skin and sclera)? - If babies are jaundiced they may be sleepy and thus feed poorly.
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Organs affected by Poor feeding:
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Detailed list of causes of Poor feeding
The list below shows some of the causes of Poor feeding mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Poor feeding?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Poor feeding.
Of the 210
causes of Poor feeding that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 0
causes are "very common" diseases
- 0
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 7
causes are "rare" diseases
- 5
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 199
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Poor feeding
Conditions listing symptoms: Poor feeding:
The following list of conditions
have 'Poor feeding' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
Symbols
18-Hydroxylase deficiency
... poor feeding2-Methylbutyric Aciduria
... poor feeding2-methylbutyryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency
... poor feeding22q11.2 deletion syndrome
... feeding problems, Feeding difficulties3 alpha methylcrotonyl-Coa carboxylase 1 deficiency
... feeding difficulties3 alpha methylcrotonyl-coa carboxylase 2 deficiency
... feeding difficulties3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency
... feeding difficultiesA
ACAD8 deficiency
... poor feedingAcute meningitis
... Poor feedingAcyl-CoA dehydrogenase, short chain, deficiency of
... poor feedingAdrenal hypoplasia congenital, X-linked
... feeding difficultyAgenesis of the corpus callosum
... feeding problemsAlpha thalassemia
... feeding problemsAlpha thalassemia - Hemoglobin H disease
... feeding problemsAlpha thalassemia major
... feeding problemsAnemia, Neonatal
... poor feedingAnkyloglossia - heterochromia - clasped thumbs
... feeding problemsAortic arches defect
... poor feedingAortic supravalvular stenosis
... feeding problemsArgininosuccinase lyase deficiency, neonatal
... poor feedingArgininosuccinic aciduria
... feeding problemsAromatic amino acid decarboxylase deficiency
... feeding difficultyAthyrotic hypothyroidism sequence
... feeding problemsB
Bacterial meningitis
... Poor feedingBeta thalassemia
... feeding problemsBeta Thalassemia intermedia
... feeding problemsBindewald-Ulmer-Muller syndrome
... feeding difficultyBiotinidase deficiency
... feeding difficultiesBlaichman syndrome
... feeding problemsBébé Collodion syndrome
... feeding problemsC
Campomelic dwarfism
... feeding problemsCampomelic dysplasia
... feeding problemsCanavan disease
... feeding difficultiesCardiac malformation
... feeding difficultyCDG syndrome type 1A
... feeding difficultiesCDG syndrome type I
... feeding problemsCDG syndrome type Ic
... feeding difficultiesCerebral Palsy
... difficulty suckingChoroid Plexus neoplasms
... feeding problemsChromosome 1, 1p36 deletion syndrome
... feeding problemsChromosome 10p deletion syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 10p duplication/10q deletion syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 12, 12p trisomy
... Feeding difficultyChromosome 12p duplication syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 15q triplication syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 16q, partial deletion
... feeding difficultyChromosome 17, deletion 17q23 q24
... feeding difficultyChromosome 18, Tetrasomy 18p
... feeding difficultyChromosome 18, trisomy 18q
... feeding difficultyChromosome 19q, partial duplication
... feeding difficultyChromosome 21, tetrasomy 21q
... feeding difficultyChromosome 22q deletion
... feeding difficultiesChromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
... feeding difficultiesChromosome 3, trisomy 3p
... feeding difficultyChromosome 4 ring syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 4, Monosomy 4q
... feeding difficultyChromosome 6, monosomy 6q
... Feeding difficultyChromosome 6p partial duplication
... feeding problemsChromosome 6q deletion syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 7 ring syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 7, trisomy 7p
... Feeding difficultyChromosome 7p duplication syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 7q partial deletion
... feeding problemsChromosome 8, monosomy 8q
... Feeding difficultyChromosome 8p deletion syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 8p mosaic tetrasomy
... feeding difficultyChromosome 9, trisomy 9q
... feeding difficultyChromosome 9q deletion syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome 9q duplication
... feeding difficultyChromosome 9q duplication syndrome
... feeding difficultyChromosome diploid-triploid mosaicism syndrome
... feeding difficultyCockayne syndrome type 1
... poor feedingCoenzyme Q cytochrome c reductase deficiency of
... feeding problemsCoffin-Lowry syndrome
... feeding problemsCongenital disorder of glycosylation type 1A
... feeding difficultiesCongenital disorder of glycosylation type 1C
... feeding difficultiesCongenital disorder of glycosylation type 1F
... feeding difficultiesCongenital disorder of glycosylation type 1H
... feeding difficultyCongenital disorder of glycosylation type 1I
... feeding difficultiesCongenital disorder of glycosylation type 1K
... feeding difficultiesCongenital disorder of glycosylation type 1X
... feeding problemsCongenital disorder of Glycosylation type Ic
... feeding difficultiesCongenital Disorders of Glycosylation Type Ia
... feeding difficultiesCongenital herpes simplex
... poor feedingCongenital myotonic dystrophy
... feeding difficultyCongenital tuberculosis
... poor feedingConotruncal heart malformations
... feeding difficultyCornelia de Lange syndrome 1
... feeding problemsCornelia de Lange syndrome 2
... feeding problemsCreatine deficiency, X-linked
... poor feedingCri-du-chat syndrome
... feeding problemsCrisponi syndrome
... feeding problemsD
Defect in synthesis of adenosylcobalamin
... poor feedingDeficiency of Member 8 Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenace Family
... poor feedingDeletion 10pter
... feeding problemsDeletion 5p
... feeding problemsDeletion 6q
... Feeding difficultyDeletion 8q
... Feeding difficultyDevelopmental delay due to 2-methylbutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
... poor feedingDiabetes insipidus, nephrogenic type 2
... feeding difficultiesDiabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, dominant type
... feeding difficultiesDiabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, recessive type
... feeding difficultiesDiaphragmatic hernia, congenital
... feeding difficultyDibasic aminoaciduria 2
... feeding difficultiesDiGeorge syndrome
... feeding problemsDominant cleft palate
... feeding problemsDouble outlet right ventricle
... poor feedingDuodenal atresia tetralogy of Fallot
... feeding difficultyDuplication 12p
... Feeding difficultyDuplication 7p
... Feeding difficultyE
Ear, patella, short stature syndrome
... feeding difficultyEnterovirus antenatal infection
... feeding difficultyF
Fallot syndrome
... feeding difficultyFetal warfarin syndrome
... feeding difficultyFreeman-Sheldon Syndrome
... feeding difficultiesG
Gingivostomatitis
... poor feedingH
Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy 3
... feeding difficultyHerpes, Neonatal
... poor feedingHerpes, Neonatal - Central Nervous System Infection
... poor feedingHerpes, Neonatal - Disseminated
... poor feedingHolocarboxylase synthetase deficiency
... feeding difficultyHutterite cerebroosteonephrodysplasia syndrome
... feeding problemsHyperglycinemia
... poor feedingHypotonia-cystinuria syndrome
... feeding problemsI
Impairment of oral perception
... feeding difficultyInborn urea cycle disorder
... feeding problemsInfant botulism food poisoning
... poor suck, feeding difficultyInfantile hypophosphatasia
... poor feedingInfantile multisystem inflammatory disease
... feeding problemsIsobutyric aciduria
... poor feedingIsobutyryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency
... poor feedingJ
Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma
... feeding problemsL
Leucinosis
... feeding problemsLissencephaly type 1, due to LIS 1 anomalies
... feeding problemsLissencephaly, isolated
... feeding problemsLissencephaly, type 1, X-linked
... feeding difficultiesLong-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency
... feeding difficultyLowe oculocerebrorenal syndrome
... feeding difficultyM
Mandibulofacial dysostosis, Treacher Collins type, autosomal recessive
... feeding difficultyMaple syrup urine disease
... feeding difficultyMaple syrup urine disease, type 1A
... feeding difficultyMaple syrup urine disease, type 1B
... feeding difficultyMaple syrup urine disease, type II
... feeding difficultyMaple syrup urine disease, type III
... feeding difficultyMeningitis
... poor feeding, refusing feedsMeningococcal disease
... poor feeding, refusing feedsMenkes Disease
... feeding difficultiesMethylmalonic acidemia, vitamin B12 responsive
... poor feedingMethylmalonic aciduria - homocystinuria
... poor feedingMicroencephaly
... feeding difficultyMiller-Dieker syndrome
... feeding problemsMitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency
... feeding difficultyMobius syndrome
... inability to suck (infant), feeding difficultyMonosomy 1p36
... feeding problemsMuscular dystrophy, congenital, type 1C
... feeding difficultiesMyasthenic syndrome, congenital, associated with acetylcholine receptor deficiency
... poor feedingN
Nemaline myopathy 4
... feeding difficultiesNeonatal bacterial meningitis
... feeding problemsNeonatal myasthenia
... poor suckNeonatal tetanus
... Poor suckNeuronal Migration Disorders
... feeding difficultiesNiemann-Pick disease, type C1
... feeding problemsNiemann-Pick disease, type C2
... feeding problemsNOMID syndrome
... feeding problemsNon-ketotic hyperglycinemia
... poor feedingO
Oral-facial cleft
... feeding problemsP
Palant cleft palate syndrome
... feeding difficultiesPartial agenesis of corpus callosum
... feeding problemsPartial lissencephaly
... poor feedingPeroxisomal bifunctional enzyme deficiency
... feeding problemsPointer syndrome
... feeding problemsProgressive spinal muscular atrophy
... feeding difficultyPseudophosphatasia
... poor feedingPyridoxamine 5-prime-phosphate oxidase deficiency
... feeding problemsR
Renal tubular acidosis progressive nerve deafness
... feeding problemsRenal tubular acidosis, distal
... feeding problemsRenal tubular acidosis, distal - type I
... feeding problemsRenal tubular acidosis, distal - type III
... feeding problemsS
SBCAD deficiency
... poor feedingSevere infantile axonal neuropathy
... feeding problemsShort Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (SCAD)
... poor feedingShort-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
... poor feedingSoto's Syndrome
... poor feedingSpinal Muscular Atrophy
... feeding difficultySpinal Muscular Atrophy type I
... feeding difficultiesSpinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1
... feeding problemsStreptococcal Group B invasive disease
... poor feedingStuve-Wiedemann dysplasia
... poor feedingStuve-Wiedemann syndrome
... poor feedingSyngnathia - cleft palate
... feeding difficultyT
Tay-Sachs disease - juvenile onset
... feeding difficultyThyroid agenesis
... poor feedingTransposition of great arteries
... feeding difficultyTrisomy 10 mosaicism
... feeding problemsTruncus Arteriosus
... poor feedingU
Urea Cycle Disorders
... Poor feedingV
Valinemia
... Poor feedingVan Goethem syndrome
... Feeding difficultiesVelopharyngeal incompetence
... Feeding difficultiesViral meningitis
... poor feeding, refusing feedsW
Wagner-Stickler Syndrome
... feeding problemsWeleber Hecht Bigley syndrome
... Feeding difficultiesWhooping Cough
... Feeding difficultiesWilliams Syndrome
... feeding problemsZ
Zellweger Syndrome
... poor suck
Conditions listing complications: Poor feeding:
The following list of conditions
have 'Poor feeding' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Acrofacial dysostosis, Nager type
... feeding problemsB
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
... feeding difficultiesD
Duplication 13
... feeding problemsM
Macroglossia
... feeding difficultyW
Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome
... feeding difficulty
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Causes of Poor feeding Based on Risk Factors
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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Poor feeding?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Poor feeding, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
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Classifications of Poor feeding:
Medical Conditions associated with Poor feeding:
Eating symptoms (1711 causes), Food symptoms (1681 causes)
Symptoms related to Poor feeding:
Failure to thrive (640 causes), 18-Hydroxylase deficiency, 2-methylbutyryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, 3 alpha methylcrotonyl-Coa carboxylase 1 deficiency, 3 alpha methylcrotonyl-coa carboxylase 2 deficiency
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