Symptoms of excessive calcium supplementation in babies

We know that if a baby lacks calcium, it will have a great impact on health, affecting bone development and even causing rickets. Therefore, it is important to supplement calcium in time, but we should also pay attention that if the baby takes too much calcium, it will also cause harm to health. For example, it may cause anorexia and indigestion. Long-term excessive calcium supplementation can cause high uric acid and hematuria and many other manifestations.

Symptoms of excessive calcium supplementation in babies

1. Excessive calcium supplementation can easily cause edema, sweating, anorexia, nausea, constipation, and indigestion in babies. Because too much calcium in the intestines will inhibit the absorption of divalent ions such as iron and zinc, causing secondary zinc and iron deficiency, which will lead to the above symptoms in the baby, and ultimately lead to slow growth and development and decreased immunity of the baby.

2. A very small number of babies may suffer from "ghost face syndrome" if they take excessive calcium supplements, which is characterized by a big mouth, protruding upper lip, flat nose bridge, upturned nostrils, and eyes far apart. If mothers notice these symptoms in their baby's appearance, they should check whether the amount of calcium they are supplementing is correct.

3. Long-term excessive calcium supplementation can cause hyperuria. Children may have mild low back pain in the early stages, and may even have visible hematuria in severe cases.

4. If the baby's blood calcium concentration is too high, calcium will be deposited around the cornea, which will affect the baby's vision. Mothers will find that the baby's vision begins to become abnormal.

The above are the more obvious symptoms of excessive calcium supplementation. Some symptoms that affect bone development may not be very obvious, and you may not realize something is wrong until the baby grows up. But no matter what, parents cannot supplement their children with excessive calcium, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

The dangers of excessive calcium supplementation in infants

Obviously, excessive calcium supplementation for infants will cause certain harm to the baby's body. In mild cases, it may only cause some minor symptoms, but in severe cases, it will damage the internal organs to a certain extent. There are many dangers of excessive calcium supplementation for infants, mothers must understand it in detail!

Causes long-term hypercalciuria, increasing the chance of urinary stone formation;

1. It causes premature calcification of cartilage, premature closure of the anterior fontanelle, and microcephaly, which restricts the baby's brain development;

2. Premature calcification of bones, premature closure of epiphysis, affecting the development of long bones, and ultimately limiting height. In addition, excessive calcium in bones makes bones brittle and prone to fractures;

3. Too much calcium in the bones makes the bones brittle and prone to fractures;

4. Affect the baby's appetite, thereby affecting the intestinal absorption of other nutrients;

5. Excessive calcium will inhibit the absorption of divalent ions such as iron and zinc, causing secondary zinc and iron deficiency, and leading to corresponding symptoms such as decreased immunity, anorexia, slow growth, anemia, fatigue, etc. in babies;

6. Excessive blood calcium concentration causes calcium to deposit in internal organs or tissues. If it deposits around the cornea, it will affect vision. If it deposits on the heart valves, it will affect heart function. If it deposits on the blood vessel walls, it will aggravate vascular sclerosis.