What should I do if my child has rickets?

As far as a family is concerned, who doesn’t want healthy children? However, this is not necessarily the case. Nine out of ten things in life are not satisfactory. And there are often people who have unhealthy children, such as children born with cerebral palsy, children born with epilepsy, and children born with congenital stupidity. It is actually very common for children to have rickets. So what should we do if our children have rickets? How should we choose the treatment method?

Rickets is a common disease in children in autumn and winter. Severe cases may present with pectus excavatum, pectus pigeonus, bow legs, etc.

If you find that your child sweats a lot, sleeps restlessly, wakes up easily, has a bad temper, or has bone changes, you should be alert to whether he has rickets.

The cod liver oil sold on the market can help calcium absorption, but its calcium supplementation ability is limited. It is only a health product for the general population rather than a medicine. For children who are truly calcium deficient, eating cod liver oil alone is useless because the baby's intestines are relatively delicate and their resistance is not strong.

Therefore, the most important thing when choosing calcium supplements for babies is safety and non-irritation. For calcium supplementation for babies, mothers are advised to choose biological calcium such as imatin calcium caseinate. imatin calcium caseinate is a new compound made by reacting casein ions in milk with calcium ions using modern biotechnology. It has the dual functions of calcium and protein supplementation, and improves the absorption and utilization of calcium ions. The human body's absorption rate is over 92%, which is 1.75 times that of calcium lactate, 2.15 times that of calcium carbonate, and 5.5 times that of shell calcium. It is an ideal new calcium supplement that does not require the participation of VD and is most suitable for babies.

Artificial ultraviolet therapy: Natural sunlight is the most economical source of vitamin D, but it is limited by seasonal climate. Artificial ultraviolet light (such as mercury quartz lamp) can be used for treatment if necessary. Exposure should be performed 3 times a week, 5 to 20 minutes each time. Each course of treatment lasts 4 to 6 weeks. If any adverse skin reaction occurs, the treatment may be suspended.

(5) Orthopedic therapy: After the above treatment, for those with mild symptoms, bone deformities can usually recover on their own and no orthopedic therapy is required. Severe deformities in late-stage rickets may not be completely reversible, and surgical correction should be considered after the age of 4 when rickets stops progressing. To prevent chest deformity, the child can be placed in a prone position with his head raised 2 to 3 times a day.

To sum up, once a child has rickets, it is often because of varying degrees of calcium deficiency, which leads to symptoms of bone deformation. At this time, further trace element testing is actually needed, and then the specific extent of the patient's calcium deficiency must be determined before treatment.