01:830:346 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sodium Bicarbonate, Eating Disorder, Halitosis

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Feeding disorder - inappropriate diet, resistance, avoidance of food, or recurrent regurgitation. Can cause anxiety and distress amongst parents and their infants/toddler. A disruptful home or neglectful home can cause feeding problems and can lead to a growth disorder in the future known as failure to thrive. Diagnosed if infant"s weight is below the 5th percentile for their age and gender on standardized growth charts. Rumination syndrome - characterized by the regurgitation into the mouth of previously ingested food which the child then re-chews, re-swallows, or expels. Common results of this behavior are recurrent vomiting, malnutrition, stomach pain, throat irritation, halitosis or bad breath, and weight loss. Pica - is characterized by the ingesting of nonnutritious, nonfood substances. The things that are usually ingested are dirt, paint chips, pebbles, bugs, clay, soap, plaster, chalk, cornstarch, baking soda, ice, cigarette butts, paper, grass, toilet paper, and rotten food, among other things.

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