Rickets is a word many parents know. This is one of the most common diseases in children in the first two years of life. This disease mainly affects the bones. The first symptoms, as a rule, appear in the first couple of months of life, a detailed clinical picture can be seen already from three months to six months. Rickets can be
meet in all countries, but especially among those northern peoples where there is not enough sunlight. Very rarely it can be found in countries where there is no winter. Children who are born in autumn and winter are much more susceptible to the disease, and it is more severe.
Rickets in children: symptoms and causes
For the correct formation of the child's body, a whole list of useful substances is needed that the baby receives from mother's milk or an adapted mixture. But the need for vitamin D can not always be replenished. If it is not enough in the body, then rickets appears. Most often, the disease is diagnosed in children who are born weak, as well as with large or, conversely, small body weight.
How it manifests itselfrickets?
As a rule, the child's nervous system first of all reacts to an insufficient amount of a vitamin. When rickets occurs in children, the symptoms may not be noticeable. The baby begins to cry more often, sleep poorly and eat. He has increased sweating when crying or sucking at the breast. During periods of sleep, a wet spot appears around the baby's head. His hair begins to roll down the back of his head, and a small bald patch appears. This is one of the most characteristic indicators of early rickets. In later stages, muscle hypotension appears. Such children, later than others, begin to hold their heads themselves, roll over on their stomachs, start walking and crawling late. The fontanel does not close for a long time, and the teeth are also cut later than others.
How to treat rickets?
When rickets appears in children, the symptoms, as we have said, can manifest themselves in two ways. But what can happen if you do not pay attention? If the disease is not treated on time, then persistent deformations of the bones of the skeleton will remain, scoliosis develops, as well as flat feet. Maybe
deformation of the pelvic bones develops, very often there is caries of milk teeth, and subsequently permanent teeth. Signs of rickets in children (photo) can be found in medical reference books. It looks pretty scary. In a severe case, spontaneous bone fractures may appear, the child does not grow well. Very often rickets is accompanied by anemia (anemia). Upon reaching school age, myopia may develop.
Rickets in children: symptoms and selftreatment
Treatment is usually complex, and it provides for the elimination of all causes that lead to impaired calcium and phosphorus metabolism, and vitamin D is also used. The daily routine should be organized correctly with sufficient rest time in accordance with age and the elimination of various irritants. To treat rickets in children 2 years old, you need to organize a sufficient stay in the fresh air, regular ventilation of the room. It is very important to do exercise therapy, massage courses, hygienic baths and wiping.
