Symptoms of calcium deficiency in infants and young children

Some babies may be malnourished because they were already malnourished while in the pregnant woman’s womb, and the pregnant woman indirectly affects the baby’s health. If you find signs of calcium deficiency in infants and young children in daily life, you should gradually supplement them with calcium, but you cannot supplement too much calcium at one time because the infant's body has limited ability to absorb nutrients. We can discover adverse symptoms in infants and young children through their signs of calcium deficiency.

The healthy growth of the baby is the wish of every parent. As parents, we should pay special attention to the baby's performance and understand the baby's physical condition through daily observation. So what are the specific symptoms of calcium deficiency?

1. The first is baldness on the back of the head. Babies grow and develop quickly, and their own regulatory abilities are not yet perfect. Therefore, it is normal for them to sweat when they just fall asleep at night. However, if they sweat all night regardless of the temperature, and develop baldness on the back of the head due to friction between the head and the pillow, it means that the baby is calcium deficient.

2. If the baby suddenly wakes up for no reason after falling asleep at night, and cries loudly, or has difficulty falling asleep at night, many parents will superstitiously think that there is something unlucky in the house, and use various folk methods to eliminate it, but the effects are limited. They do not know that this is a manifestation of calcium deficiency.

3. Compared with before, the baby is more irritable, has no patience for anything, is not interested in the surrounding environment, and is not as energetic and lively as before, which are also manifestations of calcium deficiency.

4. Late teething. Although the development of each baby cannot be generalized, if the baby has not grown teeth by the age of one and a half and the anterior fontanelle has not closed, it indicates that the baby is severely calcium deficient.

5. Calcium deficiency and vitamin D deficiency are related. Therefore, babies who are calcium deficient will also develop beaded ribs due to the hyperplasia of costal cartilage, which will lead to poor ventilation and make them prone to diseases such as bronchitis and pneumonia.

6. If calcium deficiency is severe, it will cause the tendons of the spine to relax, resulting in hunchback. When learning to walk, the lower limbs will bend due to the weight of the body when standing, resulting in X-shaped or O-shaped legs, and fractures are likely to occur.

Whether infants and young children are calcium deficient in daily life and the degree of calcium deficiency can be compared with the above-mentioned symptoms of calcium deficiency in infants and young children. Through comparison, we can promptly discover where the infants and young children are currently experiencing adverse symptoms. In daily life, after we supplement calcium for infants and young children, we can also do appropriate muscle exercises to help the absorption and utilization of calcium.