What reason is child sternal pain

summary

Sternal protrusion is called chicken breast. Chicken breast is a common thoracic deformity, which is generally related to heredity. It is caused by excessive growth of ribs and costal cartilage. Moderate and severe deformities will have adverse effects on the physiological and psychological development of the sick children, so surgical treatment should be given in time. Most children's chicken breast is not easy to be found after birth, but gradually obvious after infancy. Generally, the symptoms of compression of heart and lung rarely occur in chicken breast, but it is easy to appear upper respiratory tract infection and asthma, and the activity endurance is poor, easy to fatigue. What causes chicken breast in children?

What reason is child sternal pain

First: in the fetal or infant period, if the sternum and spine, rib development is not balanced, it will easily cause thoracic deformity. After birth, infants do not get enough nutrition or suffer from some malnutrition diseases, such as infantile rickets, which may affect the development of sternum and form chicken breast.

Second: chicken breast may be secondary to some diseases in the chest, such as some congenital heart diseases. The enlarged heart compresses the chest wall and forms chicken breast deformity. If the degree of chicken breast is light, it will disappear naturally with the growth of age. If the disease is serious, it may be difficult to cure for a lifetime, and it needs to be found and treated in time.

Third: the child's chicken breast shows that the child has a serious lack of calcium. It is necessary to give the child some foods with high calcium, such as shrimp, fish, spareribs soup, tofu products, etc. at ordinary times, let the child do more outdoor activities, receive sunlight, promote the synthesis of vitamin D, and take oral vitamin D and calcium gluconate oral liquid, which can also reduce symptoms.

matters needing attention

Chicken breast is likely to be rickets, it is recommended to check in time to the regular children's Hospital, the general symptoms are rib valgus, most of them are caused by calcium deficiency, to give children calcium, according to the condition of timely treatment.