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Fussy With Eating. Any Tonic Or Medicine Which Can Increase His Hunger?

My son is 19 months old and is very fussy with eating. Until the age of 1 yr he was pretty good with his diet both milk intake as well as solids, since then gradually his interest for food has come down, tried every possible tactics with him but he just doesn't eat. Can u suggest any tonic or medicine which can increase his hunger?
Mon, 21 Oct 2013
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Hi Dear
Welcome to the platform of Health Care Magic.

His weight gain should be monitored. If he is gradually gaining weight according to his age then it means he is fulfilling his caloric requirement by any means which we are not able to appreciate.
But if he is not gaining weight according to his age then it means he is really not getting calories what his body deserves.
Measures to be tried;-
Deworming (albendazole) to be considered.
Iron supplementation in the form of syrups should be considered.
Multivitamins to be added.
Stress should be given to caloric dense food like fatty and proteineous food.
Hope for the best
Thanks
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Fussy With Eating. Any Tonic Or Medicine Which Can Increase His Hunger?

Hi Dear Welcome to the platform of Health Care Magic. His weight gain should be monitored. If he is gradually gaining weight according to his age then it means he is fulfilling his caloric requirement by any means which we are not able to appreciate. But if he is not gaining weight according to his age then it means he is really not getting calories what his body deserves. Measures to be tried;- Deworming (albendazole) to be considered. Iron supplementation in the form of syrups should be considered. Multivitamins to be added. Stress should be given to caloric dense food like fatty and proteineous food. Hope for the best Thanks