Best Doctors for Failure To Thrive Treatment in Visakhapatnam

Failure to thrive can be referred to as when the child do not gain enough weight as expected due to issues in gastrointestinal tract. Failure to thrive is called as growth faltering. The failure to thrive can be occurred due to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), malabsorption, infections, allergies to certain foods, abnormalities in structure of digestive system, metabolic disorders, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency involves conditions such as cystic fibrosis leading to malabsorption. The symptoms which can be seen are weight loss, cannot gain weight, diarrhea, vomiting, pain during eating food, developmental delays, difficulty in swallowing, refusal of food. The diagnosis of failure to thrive can be made with X-rays, stool tests, blood tests, endoscopy, colonoscopy, ultrasound. The treatment done for failure to thrive can be achieved through dietary changes by carefully monitoring the food that are causing allergies, medications to treat inflammation and infections, nutritional support, and surgical management to correct abnormalities that are present in the structures of digestive tract.