How to Recognize Infant Body Metabolism

Posted in category: Baby Health, Kids and Baby Desease at: January 23, 2010 by The Nanny

Moms Have to think about the development of metabolism in infants? How the hell is the process? Then, why can occur metabolic disorders in infants? In order for you to know in detail about this one issue, then Dr. Rini Sekartini dr SpA (K) of Cipto Mangunkusumo RSUPN provide an explanation:

Same as Adult

Baby’s metabolism is generally similar to the adult body metabolism. Metabolism involves several stages of change that our food / create substance in the form of food and the end result will be formed of energy and other metabolic products. Similarly, in infants who consume only breast milk (milk), in which the milk will be modified in a child’s body to produce energy that would be useful for the growth and development. The energy is formed that will be used partly to repair the injured tissue, such as the state cuts or abrasions, trauma to the body, accident, or remove toxins and poisons in the body.

Anabolisme vs. catabolism

Metabolism includes synthesis (anabolisme) and decomposition (catabolism). Every human being has the basic metabolism, which is used for function activities organs. It also needs to be calculated using weight babies. Anabolisme is the body’s ability to save the juices that are considered important from the food intake. While catabolism is the body’s ability to destroy it. Ability anabolisme and catabolism bodies each child is different. For that, the baby weight was never the same even though the same consumption of certain foods with the same amount. If the body has the ability anabolisme good, then the food intake by itself can also be stored properly and eventually “became flesh”. Conversely, some children higher catabolism systems. Once the food came in, before it is absorbed too many have been destroyed.

Circadian rhythm

In the system there are circadian rhythms that regulate eating, drinking, sleeping, and other functions that operate for 24 hours. Every child has a circadian rhythm of each. Circadian rhythms of different time, some afternoons, noon, or night. Associated with circadian rhythm, no wonder if the rhythm of hunger in each infant or child was different. In the morning like a child who was feeling hungry at 07.00 pm, there is also a new feeling hungry at 08.00 am or 09.00 am. Therefore, as a parent is very important to know the circadian rhythm of each child. Recognize the pattern of eating or sleeping patterns so that circadian rhythms can function properly. As well if you want to provide nutrition or food intake is during peak time child circadian rhythm, so expect kids to eat well, even the metabolism running smoothly and Moms did not have to force your child to eat.

Metabolic disorders

Many causes of abnormal metabolism. Metabolic disorders generally indicated by the baby weight that would not go up. The symptoms are often accompanied babies often spit the milk he drinks, weak to limp body milestones of infant development is generally not achieved. To determine what factors cause disruption of the child’s growth, it requires deeper observations. In addition to diagnostic accuracy, was the cause of many metabolic disorders, one of methylmalonic acidemia (MMA). MMA is a congenital metabolic disorders (inborn errors of metabolism), namely the occurrence of resistance in the metabolism of proteins, especially the essential amino acids Valine and Isoleucine to become new products that the body needs. That way, your child’s body can or can not produce the enzyme only slightly Methymalonyl-coenzyme A, and unable to absorb food properly. This metabolic disease is largely due to gene mutations that alter protein structure or components or change the process of protein synthesis in the body.

The loss of enzyme

Other causes of inherited disorders are due to imperfect formation of the enzyme. Examples of metabolic disorders is Tay-Sachs disease (a fatal disease of the central nervous system, causing blindness, dementia, paralysis, seizures, and deafness). This disease starts from mild to severe stages. Ironically, did not rule out such abnormalities are detected shortly after the baby is born. As for some of the symptoms caused several hours after birth include lethargy (decreased consciousness state), hard drinking, seizures, vomiting, and so on. Most of these diseases on the basis of descent (autosomal recessive). Where both parents carry the abnormal gene, but does not always cause symptoms because of work covered by the normal gene. Only when these two abnormal genes are met, then the baby will suffer from the MMA. Diagnosis of this disorder is established through a series of checks labotarium. As for his own treatment carried out in accordance with proteins or metabolic disorder of carbohydrate metabolism or metabolism of nutrients are experiencing. Such as in the case of the disease phenylketonuria (PKU), food intake should be low levels of child phenylalanine, and always should be monitoring of blood phenylalanine levels.