Failure to Thrive
FAILURE TO THRIVE
INTRODUCTION
Failure to thrive (FTT) is a medical term used in both pediatric and adult human medicine. it covers poor physical growth of any cause and does not imply abnormal intellectual, social, or emotional development, although of course it can subsequently be a cause of such pathologies.
As written in Organon section -3
‘’If the physician clearly perceives what is to be cured in disease, that is to say, in every individual case of the disease………’’.Here Hahnemann said ‘’perceive’’ instead of’’ see’’ to give more importance of the curative indication in each particular case of the disease here Hahnemann advice to physician that by using all sense we must perceive what is curative indication in each particular case of the disease is nothing but the totality of symptom .the disease is represented or expressed by the totality of the symptom to find out the totality we must know disease as whole i.e. the knowledge of disease in general & the knowledge of disease in particular. To cure the disease we must proceed from general to particular.
KNOWLEDGE OF DISEASE IN GENERAL
DEFINITION
Failure to thrive (FTT) is the result of inadequate usable calories necessary for a child’s metabolic and growth demands, and it manifests as physical growth that is significantly less than that of his or her peers, and it is often associated with poor developmental. Traditionally, FTT was considered either organic or nonorganic. Organic FTT is marked by an underlying medical condition; nonorganic or psychosocial FTT occurs in a child who is usually younger than age 5 yr and has no known medical condition that causes poor growth.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
The prevalence of FTT depends on the risks within populations. From 5-10% of low-birth weight children and children living in poverty may have FTT. Infectious diseases, Family dysfunction, neonatal problems other than low birth weight, and maternal depression are also associated with FTT.
ETIOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
Failure to thrive (FTT) is a medical term used in both pediatric and adult human medicine. it covers poor physical growth of any cause and does not imply abnormal intellectual, social, or emotional development, although of course it can subsequently be a cause of such pathologies.
As written in Organon section -3
‘’If the physician clearly perceives what is to be cured in disease, that is to say, in every individual case of the disease………’’.Here Hahnemann said ‘’perceive’’ instead of’’ see’’ to give more importance of the curative indication in each particular case of the disease here Hahnemann advice to physician that by using all sense we must perceive what is curative indication in each particular case of the disease is nothing but the totality of symptom .the disease is represented or expressed by the totality of the symptom to find out the totality we must know disease as whole i.e. the knowledge of disease in general & the knowledge of disease in particular. To cure the disease we must proceed from general to particular.
KNOWLEDGE OF DISEASE IN GENERAL
DEFINITION
Failure to thrive (FTT) is the result of inadequate usable calories necessary for a child’s metabolic and growth demands, and it manifests as physical growth that is significantly less than that of his or her peers, and it is often associated with poor developmental. Traditionally, FTT was considered either organic or nonorganic. Organic FTT is marked by an underlying medical condition; nonorganic or psychosocial FTT occurs in a child who is usually younger than age 5 yr and has no known medical condition that causes poor growth.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
The prevalence of FTT depends on the risks within populations. From 5-10% of low-birth weight children and children living in poverty may have FTT. Infectious diseases, Family dysfunction, neonatal problems other than low birth weight, and maternal depression are also associated with FTT.
ETIOLOGY
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