The reason why newborns suffer from rickets is mostly due to calcium deficiency. There are relatively many children suffering from rickets, and rickets have a significant impact on babies, which can affect their future lives. What are the symptoms of neonatal rickets?
Symptoms of neonatal rickets
The main manifestations of neonatal rickets are incomplete ossification of the skeletal system and changes in the nature of comprehensive ossification, such as widening of the cranial sutures connected to the posterior fontanelle, incomplete closure of the lateral fontanelle, softening or ping-pong sensation of the skull edge and parietal nodules, and enlargement of the anterior fontanelle. Especially at the skull edge, there is a serrated bone loss at the sagittal sutures of the parietal bone.
A large missing area can form a false fontanelle in front of the posterior fontanelle. When breathing is difficult, it is easy to form funnel chest, and premature infants are prone to spontaneous rib fractures; Newborns who are slightly older in weight and age may also exhibit typical bone like tissue hyperplasia, such as rib beads, ankle bracelets, and square skulls. Neonatal hypocalcemia, especially in late stage newborns, should consider the possibility of rickets. Older children may also experience symptoms such as baldness and nerve excitability.
Premature infants are prone to spontaneous rib fractures, and the specific clinical symptoms are divided into four stages: initial stage, excitation stage, recovery stage, and sequelae stage.
1. Initial stage
(1) Clinical manifestations: Increased neural excitability, such as restlessness, unstable sleep, night crying, excessive sweating, and startle symptoms, may also lead to occipital alopecia, commonly known as occipital alopecia.
2. Exciting period
(1) Clinical manifestations
Bones
① Head: ping pong sensation; Square skull, hip shaped skull; The fontanelle is relatively large and has a delayed closure; Baby teeth sprout late.
② Chest: bead like cartilage; Rib groove; Rib margin eversion; Chicken breast; Funnel chest.
③ Limbs: mainly manifested as "bracelets" and "anklets". When the child begins to learn to walk, they may have "O" - shaped legs or "X" - shaped legs, and may even experience green branch fractures when growing bones.
④ Spine: kyphosis or scoliosis deformity of the spine, pelvic deformity.
Muscle changes: Delayed development of motor functions such as sitting, standing, and walking, and bulging abdomen like a frog's belly.
Neurological system: underdeveloped.
3. Recovery period
(1) Clinical manifestations: Improvement in clinical symptoms and signs.
4. Sequelae period
(1) Severe pediatric patients with residual skeletal deformities.
In daily life, mothers should actively do a good job in preventing rickets and try their best to prevent their babies from getting this disease, otherwise it will be very troublesome.
