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Failure To Thrive : Complications

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Complications could include:
Permanent mental, emotional, or physical delays can occur.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2007
The cognitive outcome of children who have had FTT is not clear, and this may lead to emotional and behavioral problems later. However, carefully looking for the causes of failure to thrive and implementing calorie supplementation is important for...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The first year of life is important as a foundation for growth and physical and intellectual development in the future. Children with extreme failure to thrive in the first year may never catch up to their peers even if their physical growth impro...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A developmental delay is any significant lag in a child''s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, in comparison with norms.Developmental delay refers to when a child''s development lags behind established normal ranges fo...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Any delay in a child''s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, due to any number of reasons.Developmental delay refers to any significant retardation in a child''s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social dev...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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