What to do if infants and young children take too much calcium

In order to help us maintain a healthy body, many of our mothers may start to use various methods to supplement calcium for our children. Due to the lack of guidance from professional doctors, many children are prone to excessive calcium supplementation recently, which may cause counterproductive effects on ourselves. Here we will provide you with a detailed solution to excessive calcium supplementation in infants and young children.

1. Some parents know that vitamin D can help calcium absorption, so they often supplement their children with vitamin D. In fact, vitamin D is not a simple nutritional supplement. If taken in excess, it will accumulate in children's bodies for a long time and cause vitamin D poisoning. In mild cases, it can cause symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea, and weight loss. In severe cases, it can cause poisoning symptoms such as intracranial hypertension. The probability of suffering from blood calcium and urine calcium may also increase, and organs such as the kidneys, brain, heart, and lungs may also have abnormal calcification. Nowadays, many babies suffer from anorexia and constipation, which is related to excessive calcium supplementation. Some parents also mistakenly believe that calcium supplementation will speed up bone healing. In fact, except for menopausal women and the elderly, young children usually get calcium from food and their bodies are not calcium deficient, so there is no need for additional calcium supplementation.

2. Eat some food containing acetic acid, or eat some dishes with vinegar. You can drink some carbonated drinks, but you must use a straw to protect your teeth. Avoid eating fruit juice and chocolate containing too much oxalic acid, and drink more water. Of course, it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up. If the overdose is not too severe, there is no problem. Otherwise, you may need to take diuretics and some drugs under the guidance of a doctor.

The solution to the problem of excessive calcium supplementation for infants and young children introduced above can help us achieve a very good solution. At the same time, drinking more milk in our daily life can help us achieve a very good calcium supplementation effect. Do not deliberately take excessive calcium tablets, which may cause great side effects to ourselves.