Baby rib valgus is a serious deformity, which may be caused by the baby's innate deformities or due to a lack of calcium during development. Treating a baby's rib inversion is very complicated and almost impossible to cure, but it can be prevented through proactive measures.
1、 What is baby rib valgus
Baby rib valgus is a manifestation of calcium deficiency, malnutrition, and uneven distribution of nutrients.
There are two reasons for infant rib valgus: one is simple rib dysplasia; Another reason is caused by rickets. The vast majority of children's rib valgus is caused by rickets. I suggest you take your child to the hospital and ask a doctor to diagnose whether the child's condition is rib valgus, whether there are other clinical signs of rickets, and then test the blood calcium to diagnose whether the child has rickets based on these comprehensive conditions. If diagnosed with rickets, treatment is necessary. Determine the amount of calcium and vitamin D supplementation based on the results of laboratory tests. At the same time, paying attention to helping children do chest expansion exercises can help improve chest deformities caused by rickets.
2、 How to prevent rib valgus
Timely supplement calcium for children. Children should pay attention to taking dietary supplements as much as possible when supplementing calcium. They should eat more foods with high calcium content, such as bones, shrimp skin, bone soup, fresh fish, live shrimp, seaweed, milk, and soy products. Of course, they should also drink some fish liver oil and calcium tablets appropriately. Milk calcium is one of the best ways to supplement calcium, which is easy to absorb and has good effects. You can try calcium supplements such as bone health supplements. Pay more attention to sunbathing in daily life At the same time, vitamin AD should be supplemented.
Children nowadays, if they are exposed to enough sunlight, their breast milk may contain cod liver oil (due to the low vitamin D content in breast milk), or if there is a sufficient amount of vitamin D in infant formula (the daily requirement for vitamin D in infants is 400-500 units) Generally, the maximum is mild calcium deficiency, unless there is long-term chronic diarrhea or malabsorption, which can be more severe.
The latest theory suggests that the treatment for rickets does not require such a high dosage. Mild cases require 1000-2000 units per day, while moderate cases require 2000-5000 units per day (the early theory suggested a minimum treatment dosage of 5000 units). After one month, the preventive dosage should be adjusted.
If a child only has mild calcium deficiency and cannot sleep well (there are multiple reasons for poor sleep, and calcium deficiency is just one of the more common situations), and the above two types are not easy to obtain, they can also use cod liver oil, 2-3 pills, of which vitamin A and D are 3:1. Generally speaking, when it comes to vitamin AD, there is concern about excessive poisoning because these two are fat soluble vitamins that exist in the body. But in reality, to achieve an overdose, a dosage of at least tens of thousands of units is required (some say A is 40000 units per day). Daily doses of D1500 and A4500 are safe, and D500 should be changed after one month. Of course, if D5000 is needed, cod liver oil cannot be used because A is too high. It is necessary to use Yingkangli or D alone. If poor sleep is indeed caused by calcium deficiency, the effect of supplementing D will be very obvious.
The natural ratio of A and D in cod liver oil is 10:1, which is more suitable without processing. But I think this also shows from another perspective that Vitamin A5000 is safe (because when using this oil, D with a preventive dose of 400-500, A reaches 4000-5000).
In order to ensure the health of their babies, mothers must pay attention to eugenics and actively avoid the birth of babies with rib inversion. At the same time, babies must actively supplement with vitamin D and calcium after birth, which can effectively prevent deformities such as rib inversion and promote healthier growth.
