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Topic: Thrive


In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Failure to thrive
It is important to determine whether the failure to thrive results from medical problems with the child or from psychosocial factors in the environment, such as abuse or neglect.
There are multiple medical causes of failure to thrive that may disturb the body's metabolism enough to result in delayed growth.
Risk factors for failure to thrive are related to the causes and may include underlying undiagnosed diseases, poverty, negative emotional environments, and crowded or unsanitary living conditions.
www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000991.htm   (834 words)

  
 Failure to thrive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Failure to thrive is not a specific disease, but rather a cluster of symptoms which may come from a variety of sources.
Non-organic failure to thrive (NOFTT) is the most common cause of FTT and implies the baby is not receiving enough food due to economic factors or parental neglect, or do to psychosocial problems.
When failure to thrive is identified and corrected early, most children catch up to their peers and remain healthy and well developed.
www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/failure_to_thrive.jsp   (856 words)

  
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