The symptoms of calcium deficiency in baby's hair, parents should understand these knowledge

As we all know, calcium is very important for children's physical and mental development, but many times parents do not know that their children are calcium deficient. Today I will tell you a trick, which is to judge whether the child is calcium deficient by his hair, because if the child is calcium deficient, the hair will have the following obvious manifestations.

1. Hair grows vertically

Nutritional anemia, weak spleen and stomach, calcium and zinc deficiency and other reasons can cause the baby's hair to grow upright. Mothers can improve their nutrition, ensure the quality of breast milk, and allow their babies to get balanced nutrition, and the symptoms will gradually improve.

2. Baldness on the back of the head

Most newborn babies have sparse hair on the back of their heads, commonly known as "baldness on the back of the head", but new parents should not blindly equate baldness on the back of the head with calcium deficiency. Since newborns have not learned to sit yet, they lie flat most of the day. In addition, babies sweat a lot, and the sweat clogs the hair follicles, which may affect hair growth and cause baldness on the back of the head. As your baby learns to sit and stand, the hair on the back of his head will gradually grow. If the baby has bald spots on the back of the head and is also irritable, sweating, crying at night, or even has rib protrusions, it is a sign of calcium deficiency. It is best for parents to take their babies to the hospital for a check-up and give their babies vitamin D and calcium supplements under the guidance of a doctor.

3. The hair is thin on one side and dense on the other, and the two sides are asymmetrical

This situation may be caused by the different developmental maturity of hair follicles in different positions, or it may be related to the baby's preference for side sleeping and sweat secretion. This situation will improve as you age and your hair follicles mature.

4. Yellow hair or mixed with white hair

Because the baby lacks certain trace elements, which affects the metabolism of melanin. But parents don’t need to worry too much. As the baby grows older and his nutrition intake becomes more comprehensive, the yellow or white hair will gradually fall off and be replaced by black hair. After the baby starts eating complementary foods, he can eat more foods rich in trace elements such as calcium, zinc, iron, selenium, iodine, such as walnuts, red dates, raisins, etc.

5. Thin and sparse hair

This is because the baby's hair follicles have not yet fully developed. As the hair follicles mature, the hair will become black and thick when the baby is one or two years old. In addition, the baby's hair quality and amount are greatly affected by genetic factors. If the parents have sparse and yellow hair, the child is less likely to grow thick hair. Whether the baby's hair is thick or thin is also related to whether the mother's protein and vitamin intake during pregnancy is adequate.