Does rickets matter to children

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There are many factors causing rickets, mainly due to heredity and lack of vitamin D. because it is a bone disease, it needs timely treatment. Now let's see if it matters if the child has rickets.

Does rickets matter to children

First of all: rickets is vitamin D deficiency rickets, is a disease, is due to vitamin D deficiency, leading to abnormal calcium and phosphorus metabolism of the disease. In short, calcium deficiency is the manifestation of rickets, rickets not only refers to the symptoms of calcium deficiency, but also includes skeletal deformities. So timely treatment is needed.

Secondly, in addition to the use of vitamin D treatment, we should pay attention to strengthen nutrition, ensure enough milk, timely add milk food, adhere to daily outdoor activities.

Finally: the children with sequelae of skeletal deformity should strengthen physical exercise, which can be corrected by active or passive movement. For the high risk factors of vitamin D deficiency rickets, in the process of growth and development, we should avoid early load-bearing exercise (such as early practice of sitting, standing, supporting and jumping). If the deformity of lower limbs has occurred, muscle massage (O-shaped leg massage lateral muscle, X-shaped leg massage medial muscle) can be used to increase muscle tension to correct the deformity. If there is a serious skeletal deformity, surgery is needed.

matters needing attention

Breast feeding should be advocated and complementary food should be added in time. Supplement vitamin D and calcium every day. Diet attention to choose calcium, phosphorus rich food. Children usually do not sit or stand for a long time to avoid aggravating bone deformation.