What is rickets in children?

There are many common diseases in young children. When treating young children, we must first understand the treatment methods of the disease, so that we can know what method to choose when treating. Many people are familiar with rickets in young children. Such diseases are easy to occur in young children. When young children suffer from such diseases, they need to be treated in time, otherwise it will cause great damage to the body. So what is rickets in young children?

What is rickets in children?

Rickets, commonly known as calcium deficiency, is more common in infancy. The main cause of the disease is a lack of vitamin D in the body. It is a bone matrix calcification disorder that can cause calcium and phosphorus metabolism disorders in the body, resulting in poor bone calcification. Insufficient ultraviolet radiation, insufficient calcium and phosphorus content or improper ratio in food, rapid growth and development leading to insufficient vitamin D requirements, chronic respiratory infections, chronic diarrhea, and chronic diseases such as liver and kidney diseases that affect calcium and phosphorus absorption are also causes of rickets in infants and young children.

Because rickets develops slowly, it is generally difficult to detect in time and does not easily attract attention. The main feature of rickets is incomplete calcification of the epiphyseal cartilage plates and bone tissue of the growing long bones. Vitamin D deficiency causes incomplete calcification of mature bones. Rickets is not contagious, but if infants and young children suffer from rickets, their own immunity will be reduced, and they are prone to complications such as pneumonia and diarrhea, which will affect their growth and development. Therefore, the importance of actively preventing and treating rickets is particularly prominent.

After understanding what rickets is, when treating rickets in children, it is necessary to proceed according to the cause of the disease in children, which will help control the disease. Moreover, when treating rickets in children, comprehensive care should be provided for the children, especially whether they have a fever or not.