Successful treatment in a child with feeding problems and growth failure.

Abstract

A 2-year-9-month-old boy presented with feeding disorder and poor growth. The clinicalpresentation was compatible with infantile anorexia, one of behavioral feeding disorders. The author proposed that the main cause of poor food acceptance and growth failure in this child was poor appetite. Treatments were composed of behavioral interventions, rescheduling meals and foods enrichment. Alternative managements by prescribing cyproheptadine as an appetite stimulant resulted in significant improvement of feeding behaviors and weight gain.