What are the early symptoms of rickets?

summary

Rickets is a disease caused by calcium deficiency, such a disease will seriously affect the development of children, through understanding the symptoms of rickets to timely treatment.

What are the early symptoms of rickets?

Symptoms 1, 3-6 months old baby: in the occipital bone, parietal bone in the center of the bone, appear similar to ping-pong like elastic feeling, known as craniomalacia.

Symptoms 2. Children about 1 year old: if they suffer from rickets, the symmetrical round process of the skull at the forehead and top is called the square skull, and the junction between the ribs and costal cartilage can be seen in the chest, which is called costal beads, and there can be thoracic deformities, such as the protrusion of the sternum, which is called chicken breast and costal margin eversion. Due to the weakness of limbs and back muscles, children's sitting, standing and walking are later than healthy children, and easy to fall.

Symptoms 3. Children over 1 year old: the anterior fontanel is too large and the closure is delayed (normal infants can close it at about 18 months), and the deformity of two lower limbs bending inward or outward may appear when walking, showing 0-shaped or X-shaped legs. In addition, the child's teeth are also delayed, and prone to cavities. This kind of situation also appears after it has developed to a certain extent. It is also a serious situation and needs to be checked.

matters needing attention

Rickets is particularly serious, must be early examination and treatment, and diet to pay special attention to.