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Failure To Thrive Learning Center
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The treatment depends on the cause of the delayed growth and development. Delayed growth due to nutritional factors can be resolved by educating the parents to provide a well-balanced diet.
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Because there are numerous factors that may contribute to a failure to thrive diagnosis, children diagnosed with the disorder sometimes have an entire medical team working on the case. If there is an underlying physical cause, correcting that prob...
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To diagnose FTT and assess its causes in a child are significant steps towards treating the syndrome. The immediate goal of treatment is to encourage or induce catch-up growth, defined as a growth rate of 2-3 times the average for the child's age....
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If there is an underlying physical reason for failure to thrive, such as a disorder of swallowing mechanism or intestinal problems, correcting that problem should reverse the condition. If the condition is caused by environmental factors, the phys...
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