What are the early symptoms of rickets

Rickets is a common disease among children. Children are prone to this disease because they are young and incompletely developed in all aspects. When their bodies lack nutrition, calcium and trace elements, they are prone to this disease. Children should pay attention to supplementing vitamins, trace elements, proteins and other nutrients in their daily lives. Rickets can have a huge impact on children's bodies, so it must be prevented with caution. So what are the early symptoms of rickets?

1. Psychoneural symptoms

The main symptoms are excessive sweating, night terrors, and crying. In addition to the stimulation of sweat, children with rickets will often rub their pillows, which can easily lead to ring-shaped hair loss or pillow baldness.

2. Bone symptoms

1. Head changes. Infants with rickets aged 3 to 6 months will develop skull softening, which is an early symptom of rickets. When a child has rickets, his head develops deformed, mostly in a square shape, also called a square head, while some may develop into a "saddle head" or "cross head". The fontanelle enlarges and closure is delayed until 2 to 3 years old.

Insufficient calcium intake can also affect tooth growth. Most children with rickets have late tooth eruption, around 1 year old, and all teeth are not fully erupted until 3 years old, and their teeth are not neatly arranged.

2. Breast changes. Children with rickets may develop rib beads, where the sides of the child's chest and between the ribs become larger and shaped like abacus beads. Some patients may also experience chest deformity, with the sternum in the middle of the chest protruding forward, such as pectus carinatum or pectus excavatum.

3. Changes in the limbs and spine. The main manifestations are lower limb deformities, such as "O"-shaped legs or "X"-shaped legs. Severe spinal curvature can cause pelvic deformity, which may have a significant impact on women's future normal delivery and may even lead to dystocia.

3. Other manifestations

Rickets can also cause joint relaxation, abnormal cerebral cortex function, anemia, language disorders, slow conditioned reflexes and inflexible limbs.