Such as rickets disease occurs worldwide and is known for a long time. It is associated mainly with impaired calcium-phosphorus metabolism due to the lack of vitamin D, and is a curved bone.
Rickets - a disease tricky in the early stages of the disease, parents can not even give it featured a special significance, taking them for the innocent children's whims. However, if you leave the first signs of rickets without attention, it increases the likelihood of serious consequences.
The child looks lethargic, weak, tired quickly and may even lose the skills already learned. Gratuitous startle, fear of bright lights and sudden noises can also be a symptom of rickets. Disturbed mode: the child with difficulty falling asleep, restless sleep and intermittent, may be accompanied by tears, as well as deteriorating or completely lost appetite. It is also characterized by disorders of the gastrointestinal tract - diarrhea or, on the contrary, constipation, vomiting, and a frequent regurgitation.
In addition, the baby begins to sweat profusely during vigorous activity - feeding, playing, crying. This is particularly evident in the area of head and regardless of the ambient temperature. In this case, the pot becomes viscous, with an unpleasant sour odor, causes itching and irritation of the skin, there potnichka and diaper rash, which are difficult to heal. The hair on the back of the head slide down and fall out, bare patches are formed on the head are clearly visible veins. At this stage, changes in bone X-rays will not show.
Rickets - disease is rapidly growing. If you ignore these symptoms and take measures in time, it is already visible changes can begin in less than a month - become soft and pliable bones of the skull and chest, they are easily felt seams, edges fontanelle poorly and slowly grow together, which is why the head is flat or square. Weakened muscles, joints loosened, there is an increased risk of injury. The child becomes ill trained - he is not able to keep your head, does not seek to crawl, sit, walk. Teeth erupt much later than their peers, and may already be susceptible to caries, bite changes.
Slowly bend the spine, hip and collarbone, ribs thicken, change their shape and thorax abdominal muscles, develops flat and formed bad posture, often curved and tapering legs pelvis. In some cases, it may even appear hump. Observed malfunction of the internal organs and the respiratory organs: spleen and liver enlargement, renal failure, dyspnea.
