Rickets is a type of soft bone disease that manifests as hunchback, O-shaped legs, and other symptoms on the body, seriously affecting human health and greatly affecting the appearance of the body. Therefore, rickets must be actively prevented. Once symptoms of rickets appear, active treatment is needed. Can rickets be cured?
1、 Treatment methods for rickets
1. Supplementing vitamins
Rickets is a serious condition of calcium deficiency, but it does not necessarily mean that our body has relatively little calcium. On the other hand, it may be due to the body's poor absorption of calcium. Therefore, at this time, we can supplement our body with more vitamin D, which can effectively promote the absorption of calcium. Usually, we should also take our children for outdoor activities and expose them to more sunlight, which can help our body absorb calcium elements very well.
2. Exercise therapy
For rickets, besides being caused by calcium deficiency on one hand, it can also lead to some cases of chicken chest or sternum eversion on the other hand. In order to achieve therapeutic effects, we must improve through active and passive exercise, such as doing push ups or chest expansion exercises regularly. These are very helpful for the treatment of rickets.
The above is about the treatment of rickets. For the diagnosis of rickets, we first need to test the body's elements. On the other hand, we also need to judge based on the advice of some experienced doctors. If diagnosed with rickets, we should actively improve and treat it. In terms of diet, we should give children more foods with high calcium content, such as bone soup, beef and mutton.
2、 Can rickets be cured
Rickets is a common nutritional deficiency in infants and young children, also known as osteoporosis. Its main cause is vitamin D deficiency, which leads to abnormal calcium and phosphorus metabolism. Most cases of rickets begin to occur after 3 months of birth. Active rickets should be treated actively based on clinical manifestations, with the aim of controlling disease activity and preventing deformities. The main treatment for rickets is to supplement vitamin D, thereby promoting children's absorption of calcium and phosphorus and avoiding metabolic disorders. Sunbathing and supplementing with vitamin D can play a good role in treating rickets.
1. More exposure to sunlight promotes the synthesis of vitamin D: If a child suffers from rickets, the first thing to do is to expose them to more sunlight. According to research, 1 square centimeter of skin exposed to sunlight for 3 hours can produce approximately 20 international units of vitamin D. Even if a baby's entire body is tightly wrapped in clothing, exposing their face and sunbathing for 1 hour a day can still produce 400 international units of vitamin D. Sunbathing should be done by opening windows or going to the yard. In winter, children should be exposed to more sunlight. In addition, maternal exposure to sunlight during pregnancy and lactation is also beneficial for ensuring the supply of vitamin D to infants and young children and preventing rickets.
2. Proper supplementation of vitamin D: foods rich in vitamin D should be added to the diet, and the supplementation of vitamin D in nutritional supplements must be done according to medical advice. According to the child's condition, the course of treatment is determined to be about one month. Generally, calcium supplementation is needed in the early stages of treatment. Whether long-term calcium supplementation is necessary cannot be standardized. Generally, with the supplementation of vitamin D, calcium absorption will naturally increase. Premature infants should be given vitamin D in advance. Infants and young children should also receive vitamin D supplements during the winter and spring seasons. If children have chronic diarrhea or other chronic diseases, intramuscular vitamin D injections may be necessary. The treatment of infants with hand and foot twitching requires emergency cessation of convulsions, calcium therapy, and subsequent supplementation of vitamin D.
3. Medication therapy: The treatment of rickets also requires medication. Currently, vitamin D tablets, capsules, injections, emulsions, etc. are used for the treatment of rickets. In addition, vitamin D3 is absorbed faster and has better therapeutic effects than vitamin D2.
3、 What to eat to prevent rickets
1. Eggshell Congee: wash the eggshell and grind it into very fine powder; Wash the stem rice, grain sprouts, and malt thoroughly and put them into the pot, then add an appropriate amount of water. First boil it with fire, then boil it with mild fire. When Congee is cooked, add some eggshell powder and sugar, and then boil it for 3-5 minutes.
2. 500g fresh chicken, 50g green chili, onion, ham, and garlic each, 250g lard, and 20g soy sauce. Peel the fresh chicken, wipe it clean, cut it into rolls, and put lard in a frying pan. When the oil temperature rises to 50 ℃, fry the chicken in the pan and remove it. Leave 25 grams of oil in the pan, pour out the remaining oil, first add garlic slices, green peppers, ham, and scallions, stir fry the chicken in the pan, add soy sauce, add a spoonful of meat soup, thicken with starch, add monosodium glutamate and a little sesame oil.
3. 30g of Huangqi, 3g of Schisandra chinensis, 50g of pig liver, and 500g of pig leg bone (including bone marrow). First, crush the pig bone marrow and boil it with water along with Schisandra chinensis and Huangqi. Then, simmer over low heat for 1 hour, filter out the bone slices and medicinal residue, slice the liver and cook it in the soup. Season with salt and a little MSG, and eat the liver and drink the soup. One dose can be taken in one meal and should be taken regularly until the patient recovers.
4. 100 grams of deer antler, 30 grams of patches, and 2 pig trotters. Cut the deer antler into thin slices, wash the pig trotters, and add all three ingredients to a pot. Bring to a boil over low heat and season for consumption.
5. 500g of raw chestnuts and 250g of white sugar. First, boil the chestnuts in water for half an hour, let them cool, peel them off, and steam them in a bowl for another 40 minutes. While they are still hot, use a knife to crush the chestnuts into a paste, add white sugar and stir well. Then, fill the chestnut paste flat into a cake shape and place it on a plate. This is a delicious and flavorful food that can be consumed frequently by patients.
The dietary therapy and health care methods for patients with rickets introduced above are very simple. For patients with rickets, they must adhere to eating these foods in their daily diet in order to quickly recover their physical health and not affect their children's growth and development. Parents must pay attention to this and let their children grow up healthy.
There are two main sources of vitamin D in the human body. One is the conversion of vitamin D precursor substances in the skin into vitamin D through exposure to ultraviolet rays in sunlight. The other is intake from food. Animal foods contain vitamin D3, while plant foods contain vitamin D2. D2 and D3 are collectively referred to as vitamin D. Except for sea fish and liver, the content of dairy, egg yolk, and meat in food is very low, and the content in vegetables is negligible.
Through the introduction in this article, it can be known that rickets can still be cured. There are many methods for treating rickets, and actively supplementing calcium and vitamin D can completely prevent the deterioration of rickets. However, the symptoms of rickets that have already appeared cannot be eliminated. It is difficult to completely cure rickets, so it is very important to actively prevent rickets.
