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| '''For patient information, click [[Failure to thrive (patient information)|here]]'''
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| | Name = Failure to thrive
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| | ICD10 = {{ICD10|R|62|8|r|50}}
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| | ICD9 = {{ICD9|783.7}}
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| ==Overview==
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| '''Failure to thrive''' is a medical term which denotes poor weight gain and physical growth failure over an extended period of time in [[infancy]]. Often abbreviated '''FTT''', the term has been in medical use for over a [[century]]. As used by [[pediatrician]]s, it covers poor physical growth of any cause and does not imply abnormal intellectual, social, or emotional development.
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| In adult medicine, ''failure to thrive'' is a descriptive, non-specific term that encompasses "not doing well": e.g. [[malaise]], weight loss, poor self-care that can be seen in elderly individuals.
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| Recently the term 'faltering growth' has become a popular replacement for 'failure to thrive', which in the minds of some represents a more euphemistic term.
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| ==Causes of failure to thrive==
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| Traditionally, causes of FTT have been divided into [[endogenous]], such as an [[inborn error of metabolism]], and [[exogenous]], such as having a mother with [[postpartum depression]]. To think of the terms as dichotomous can be misleading, since both endogenous and exogenous factors may co-exist. A child with a disease or disability may be more vulnerable to poor care by a mother with marginal competence or resources. These infants typically look [[cachexia|cachectic]], are prone to infections with difficulty recovering, are often developmentally delayed, have unusual postures, and look sad, withdrawn, apathetic OR hypervigilant, irritable, or angry.
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| Underlying physical causes may not be immediately obvious such as occult [[urinary tract infection]]s (UTIs), undiagnosed [[Cystic fibrosis]] (CF) or [[asthma]]. Initial investigation should consider physical causes, calorie intake and pyschosocial assessment.
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| ==Wider lay use==
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| Like many older medical terms, FTT has acquired some lay connotations which are wider and more pejorative than its strict medical meaning.
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| [[Category:Pediatrics]]
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| [[Category:Neonatology]]
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