Despite the modern development of medicine, suchThe disease, like rickets, is quite common today. Only the forms of the disease are different. The most common is rickets in children under one year, since it is during this period that the growth rate of the body of the newborn is so great that vitamin D deficiency occurs.
Any form of rickets reduces the baby’s immunity, whichleads to protracted forms of colds, as well as more difficult curability from other ailments, because severe forms of rickets can lead to anemia, and dystrophy of the body, that is, weakening.
In order to diagnose in timedisease and timely treatment, it is necessary to know the characteristic signs of rickets in children under one year. Most often they manifest themselves during the period when the infant is 2–3 months old. If your child has become irritable, there is sweating on the head, and in some cases in the morning you can see that the pillow is wet, and then, as a result, the back of his head goes bald, you need to go to the doctor and be sure to tell him about these signs.
After all, if time to start treatment, then rickets atChildren up to a year are cured without further consequences. The pediatrician’s task is to carefully examine the child’s skull, measure the size of the fontanel and assess the condition of the cranial sutures. In addition, incipient rickets is accompanied by bulging of the ribs and changes in the shape of the wrists and lower leg.
This disease is accompanied by such signs as a small or too large weight gain, discoloration and smell of urine.
Pay attention to the fact that there is a certain category of infants, a component of the so-called risk group, that is, especially susceptible to the development of rickets:
- Babies born before the deadline;
- Newborns who are on artificial feeding;
- Allergy sufferers;
- children taking medications prescribed by a doctor;
- newborns, who for some reason have limited physical activity.
Signs of rickets in infants bright enoughare expressed, your task is not to miss their appearance and to pay attention of the doctor to them. Treatment methods include wellness massage and ultraviolet radiation. In addition, in order to prevent such diseases as rickets in children under one year old, the baby should spend a lot of time in the fresh air, especially in sunny weather. After all, the rays of the sun are a natural source of vitamin D. If the first months of a newborn's life fall in the winter months, the doctor prescribes an additional vitamin in oil or water solution.
You should not give vitamin D baby alone,without a doctor's prescription, since overabundance can lead to serious complications. After all, the child receives it both with breast milk and as part of an adapted mixture.
Take seriously the signs beginningrickets, do not listen to the advice of those who believe that "everyone is sick with rickets". If you do not stop the development of this disease, the baby’s skeleton takes on curved shapes, which affects the skull, limbs and other bones. But do not worry too much if the pediatrician diagnosed with rickets, because this disease is treated. The main thing - time to start therapy.
Any disease is easier to prevent than laterto treat, and rickets in children under one year is not an exception. A woman carrying a baby needs to eat foods that have a lot of calcium, spend enough time in the fresh air and keep to sleep and wakefulness, then the born baby will be calm and healthy.
