Rickets is a common disease in children, and many children are prone to this condition due to a lack of calcium. In daily life, mothers should follow the requirements and let their babies supplement enough calcium elements. Generally, rickets has sequelae. What are the main manifestations of its sequelae?
Rickets, commonly known as calcium deficiency, is a common disease in infancy. It is caused by a lack of vitamin D, which leads to metabolic disorders of calcium and phosphorus in the body, resulting in poor bone calcification. Rickets has a slow onset and is not easily taken seriously. Rickets reduces children's resistance and is prone to complications such as pneumonia and diarrhea, affecting their growth and development. Therefore, it is necessary to actively prevent and control.
1. After 7-8 months, children with rickets will have significant swelling in the epiphyses of their limbs, especially in the distal ends of the wrist joint where round and blunt spheres can be seen, known as "bracelets" for rickets.
2. Children with rickets are prone to symptoms such as excessive sweating, night fright, night crying, and irritability;
3. Rickets can cause certain changes in the bones of children, such as: early visible fontanelle enlargement or delayed occlusion of the head, delayed teething, and in severe cases, possible softening of the skull of the ping-pong ball skull;
4. An 8-month-old child may also have a square skull;
When the rib cartilage area expands in the chest, mainly in the 5-8 rib cartilage area, it is called a "bead" when it is round and large in a spherical shape, which changes the chest contour and is called a chicken chest or funnel chest.
5. Rickets patients may develop "O" - shaped and "X" - shaped legs before and after learning to walk due to bone softening and body gravity, which can affect their physiological and motor functions and cause unnecessary trouble for their future growth.
The sequelae of rickets can bring certain harm to children. After learning about it, I believe many mothers have taken this disease seriously.
