Can rickets be cured

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Children have a healthy body is the happiest thing for a family. If children suffer from rickets, it will make the whole family very worried. Rickets is also a common disease now. Now I will share with you whether rickets can be cured.

Can rickets be cured

First, rickets general treatment, adhere to breastfeeding, timely add more vitamin D containing food (liver, egg yolk, etc.), more outdoor activities, increase the chance of direct sunlight. Do not let children sit and stand for a long time in the exciting stage to prevent skeletal deformity.

Second, supplement vitamin D, take vitamin D orally every day at the beginning, and change to preventive dose after one month. After one month, the dosage was changed to preventive dosage. If you can't take it orally or have diarrhea, you can take a large dose of vitamin D by intramuscular injection and take it orally one month later. Before intramuscular injection, oral calcium was taken for 4-5 days to avoid iatrogenic hypocalcemia convulsion.

Third, orthopedic therapy, take active and passive movement, correct skeletal deformity. In order to correct the mild skeletal deformity after treatment or in the process of growth, physical exercise should be strengthened, and some active or passive movement methods can be used, such as chest expansion or push ups to expand the chest, and correction of mild chicken chest and rib valgus. Severe skeletal deformities can be corrected by surgery, and surgical correction can be considered after 4 years old.

matters needing attention

Rickets can be prevented in advance. During pregnancy, pregnant women should pay more attention to outdoor sports, sun exposure and nutritious food. Patients with hypocalcemia and osteomalacia should be treated actively. Vitamin D and calcium should be supplemented to prevent congenital rickets in pregnant women who lack sunlight, have low appetite, are weak and have many diseases or are in winter in late pregnancy.