How to treat rickets in infants

Infantile rickets is a relatively common disease. For parents of sick children, it is necessary to understand the relevant treatment methods of infantile rickets. So how to treat rickets in infants? What are the treatments for rickets in infants? Next, this article will introduce you to how to treat infantile rickets. Friends who want to know more about this knowledge can take a look!

Infantile rickets is a nutritional metabolic bone disease characterized by abnormal calcium and phosphorus metabolism caused by vitamin D and/or calcium and phosphorus deficiency, resulting in calcium salt deposition disorders in the bone matrix of growing bones and/or excessive accumulation of osteoid tissue (uncalcified bone matrix). If the disease occurs at birth, it is called congenital rickets (CR), also known as fetal rickets, viviparous rickets, etc. Infantile rickets is easily complicated by hypocalcemic spasms. Since laryngeal spasms can be life-threatening or cause hypoxic brain damage, they should be actively prevented and treated.

How to treat rickets in infants? There are several treatments for rickets in infants:

1. General treatment

Adhere to breastfeeding, add foods rich in vitamin D (liver, egg yolks, etc.) in a timely manner, and do more outdoor activities to increase the opportunity for direct sunlight exposure. During the stimulation period, do not let the child sit or stand for a long time to prevent bone deformities.

2. Vitamin D supplement

Initially, take vitamins orally every day for 1 month, then change to preventive doses. Take orally during the stimulation period, and change to the preventive dose after taking it for 1 month. If you cannot persist in taking the medicine or suffer from diarrhea, you can take a large dose of vitamin D intramuscularly as a intensive therapy, and then switch to taking it orally in a preventive dose after one month. Take calcium supplements orally for 4 to 5 days before intramuscular injection to avoid iatrogenic hypocalcemic convulsions.

3. Calcium supplement

Calcium supplements should be taken concurrently with vitamin D treatment.

4. Orthopedic therapy

Active and passive movements are used to correct bone deformities. Mild skeletal deformities will correct themselves after treatment or during growth. Physical exercise should be strengthened, and some active or passive exercises can be used to correct them, such as chest expansion exercises or push-ups to expand the chest, and correct mild pigeon chest and rib valgus. Severe skeletal deformities can be corrected surgically, and surgical correction can be considered after the age of 4 years.

The above is an introduction on how to treat rickets in infants. I believe that after reading the above introduction, everyone knows how to treat rickets in infants. In fact, the safest treatment for rickets in infants is to get more sun exposure. Of course! If rickets in an infant has caused deformity, the infant will need to go to the hospital for corrective surgery.