In outpatient treatment, we often find that some children with indigestion and malnutrition are actually due to eating too many eggs. Some people call these children "egg disease".
Eggs are known as a nutritious food. It contains protein, fat, vitelline, lecithin, vitamins and trace elements such as iron, calcium, potassium and other trace elements needed by the human body, among which lecithin and vitelline are substances that are particularly needed for the physical development of infants and adolescents. But it's not that the more eggs you eat, the better your body will be. Children of one or two years old need about 40 grams of protein per day, and generally in addition to eating ordinary food, it is enough to add one or a half eggs a day. Babies need to eat egg yolks to supplement iron, and only a quarter of the egg yolk can be ground and eaten in milk cake at the beginning of the meal, and then gradually added to one-half or one. If you eat several eggs in a row every day, more than your child needs, your child's stomach and intestines will not be able to bear the burden, which will lead to digestive and absorption dysfunction, causing indigestion and malnutrition.
In addition, eggs are also a kind of "hair matter", such as children's skin sores and suppuration, eating eggs will aggravate the suppuration. Some parents use boiling water to wash eggs and add sugar to their children, because the bacteria and parasite eggs in the eggs cannot be completely killed, it is easy to cause diarrhea and parasitic diseases. Salmonella bacteria can also cause food poisoning if there is Salmonella in the eggs. Some people use the method of eating raw eggs to treat constipation in children, which not only cannot cure constipation, but also transmits a zoonotic parasitic disease called toxoplasmosis. The onset of this disease is more acute, and almost all organs of the body will be invaded, often causing pneumonia, myocarditis, maculopapular rash and encephalitis, and even death.
One or two-year-old children, all kinds of organs in the body are delicate and fragile, especially the digestive organs, which cannot withstand strong stimulation. Eggs are a difficult food to digest, and eggs for young children must be cooked, and steamed eggs are better. It is not advisable to wash eggs with boiling water, let alone give raw eggs to children.
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