The so-called "accumulation of food" is a concept in Chinese medicine.
With the advancement of medicine, many of these phenomena are not difficult to explain with the knowledge of physiology, anatomy, and microorganisms in modern medicine. These phenomena are actually not exactly related to eating more and eating less or digesting fast or slow.
Today we will talk about how modern medicine looks at and explains various manifestations of "accumulation of food".
halitosis
Most oral odors are related to local factors in the mouth and do not represent the overall problems of the digestive system.
Bacteria in the mouth decompose the proteins contained in saliva, food residues, and snot, and produce sulfides (such as hydrogen sulfide, methanethiol, etc.), resulting in the phenomenon of "bad breath".
When you just get up in the morning, talk for a long time, and have not drunk water or eaten for a long time, the flushing effect of saliva is weakened and will appear more obvious. Problems such as periodontitis and caries can also lead to oral odor.
There is no need to deliberately eat lightly because of bad breath, but you need to pay attention to oral hygiene and brush your teeth morning and evening.
The tongue is white and thick
Tongue moss is formed by a mixture of shedding necrotic epithelial cells, microbial flora, and food debris adhering to the tongue.
The thickness and color of the tongue are more related to the type of food, the rate at which cells die and fall off, and oral hygiene than a sign of the exact meaning of modern medicine. It is not directly related to the functional strength of the digestive tract.
Insist on brushing your teeth in the morning and evening, gargling after meals, drinking more water at usual, or gently wiping with a clean and soft toothbrush or gauze.
Bloating
Children's abdominal organs such as liver and kidneys account for a higher proportion of body weight than adults. "Stuffing these important organs into the abdomen" will naturally be more crowded, causing the stomach to look bulging.
This phenomenon is especially pronounced around the age of 1-2 years. Coupled with the curvature of the child's waist, it will appear that the stomach is relatively large, especially after meals. This is actually normal.
fever
Microbial infections such as viruses and bacteria are the most important causes of fever in children. Sometimes children do not have a runny nose, cough, sneezing, or diarrhea in the early stages of the viral infection, but their appetite will decrease.
As body temperature recovers (the disease heals itself), appetite naturally improves. But this is actually not related to the amount of food and the type of food. Eating meat does not cause fever, nothing meat.
Hands and feet are hot
The palms of children's hands and feet are sometimes hot to the touch. At this time, if the child's forehead is not hot to the touch, and there is no other manifestation of fever, then there is no need to worry about what is wrong with the child's body.
The body's metabolic level fluctuates normally throughout the day, and peripheral blood circulation is sometimes vigorous and sometimes depressed, so it is normal that the temperature difference between the temperature of the palms and feet and the temperature of the core of the body is high and low.
The child suddenly does not like to eat
Babies aged 3-4 months suddenly become "not fond of milk", in fact, because with the development of the nervous system and more sensitive to the surrounding visual and auditory signals, so they will not just bury their heads and concentrate on feeding like babies aged 1-2 months, which is a normal physiological anorexia period.
Children around the age of 1-1.5 have their own preferences for food because of the increase in their autonomy, so it is difficult to obediently eat a meal when eating, or eat a little and not eat.
Parents do not need to worry about "accumulated food", but may wish to try to guide their children to eat independently and avoid the psychological resistance caused by forced eating.
The stool is dry
Constipation is a very common phenomenon in childhood, and many children's bowel traits and frequency after adding complementary foods will change dramatically, making parents worry about "whether they have eaten too much recently".
It is generally not recommended to alleviate constipation by suspending complementary foods or reducing the intake of certain foods, but should increase the diet of fiber-rich vegetables and fruits, such as broccoli, green beans, prunes, apples, pears, etc., if necessary, to see a doctor, and the doctor should assess whether interventions such as oral stool softeners are needed.
Sleep on your stomach and sleep unsteadily
Many children like to sleep on their stomachs after learning to turn over on their own. A similar position may help your baby soothe himself, which has nothing to do with eating more or less, and does not compress the heart.
The twisting and twisting of the baby's body after falling asleep may be related to the fact that the sleep is not deep enough and the difficulty of receiving sleep on its own.
Green tendons on the bridge of the nose
This is actually your child's vein. There is no difference from the veins we see on the back of the hands and in the neck. Because your child's facial skin is thinner, it looks more obvious. As your child ages and thickens his skin, it usually disappears.
Accumulation of food is like a pot, some of the child's normal but parents do not understand the performance have been put into this pot, carrying parents unnecessary anxiety.
I hope that my article can let everyone use modern scientific cognition to break this pot, so that you and your family can put down their anxiety and move forward easily.