What Are the Symptoms of Vitamin D3 Deficiency?

Vitamin D deficiency is also known as nutritional vitamin D deficiency rickets. Due to the lack of vitamin D in the growing bones, it causes systemic calcium and phosphorus metabolism disorders. Calcium salts cannot be properly deposited during osteogenesis. Characteristics of systemic chronic nutritional disease. This disease is a common occurrence in infants and young children in various countries, more common in infants and young children under 2 years of age. In China, the incidence was high in the north. After the measures to strengthen vitamin D in milk substitutes and baby foods were strengthened in the 1980s, the incidence decreased year by year, and the condition became mild. However, with the continuous development of industrialization and urbanization and geographical reasons, China The north is still a control area. ^[1]

1. Congenital hypothyroidism: Children with low intelligence and special facial features can be identified by measuring serum TSH and T4. ^[1]

Children with the sequelae of severe skeletal deformity should strengthen physical exercise. Those with chest deformity can do head-up and chest extension exercise. Those with lower limb deformity can perform muscle massage to increase muscle tension to correct the deformity. Severe skeletal deformities can be considered surgical correction. ^[1]