Rickets is a word that 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 from three months to six months. Rickets can
found in all countries, but especially in 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 proper 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 is not always possible to fill. 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, low body weight.
How does rickets manifest?
As a rule, a child’s nervous system reacts to an insufficient amount of 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. During periods of sleep, a wet spot appears around the baby’s head. His hair begins to roll off the back of his head, and a small receding hairline appears. This is one of the most characteristic indicators of early rickets. In the later stages, muscle hypotension appears. Such children later than others begin to hold their heads themselves, roll over on their stomachs, and later begin to walk and crawl. The fontanel does not close for a long time, and the teeth are also cut later than in others.
How to treat rickets?
When rickets occurs in children, symptoms, as we have said, can manifest 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. Can
deformation of the pelvic bones develop, caries of milk, and subsequently permanent teeth, very often appear.
Signs of rickets in children (photo) can be found in medical guides. 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 self-treatment
The treatment is usually complex, and it provides for the elimination of all the causes that lead to impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus, as well as vitamin D. The daily regimen 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 engage in physical therapy, massage courses, hygienic baths and rubdown.