Experts have called the symptoms of vitamin D deficiency in infants. Timely diagnosis of this disorder will help to protect children's health from the many troubles.
If your child is not yet a year old, he needs at least 5 microgAMM initamina D every day. Otherwise, in a rapidly growing detskom body may cause serious disorders, primarily affecting the bone development.
In recent times, a deficiency of this vitamin causes the whole epidemic of rickets in children. Here are 6 signs that your baby's body has been some lack of vitamin D.
Bone deformities.Infants with vitamin D deficiency usually have several curved legs. They have the curvature of the spine can be observed, reflected in the appearance. All of this occurs in the case if the child does not receive the necessary for normal bone development vitamin D.
Dent or dimple on the head.The process of final formation of the skull is completed within the first 19 months after birth. Vitamin D deficiency may significantly slow it down. If you touch the head of the baby, you will notice that the skull bones are still very soft. Also in this case marked dent or dimple in crumbs head.
Pain and muscle weakness. If you notice that your baby is hard enough to crawl or sit for some time, something like this can be caused by pain or muscle weakness due to rickets. These children also are more irritable.
Rachitic "rosary" or "bracelets".As already mentioned in the first paragraph, bone deformity is the most common symptom of a deficiency of vitamin D. Have you noticed that the baby's chest is too bulging out? Softening of the bones of the chest, lower extremities, increased fragility of bones - these are the rachitic "rosary", caused by a calcium deficiency in the body.
