Patient's question:
Previous treatment and effectiveness: Napping for half an hour every day during the day, often waking up at night. What kind of assistance is needed: How can the baby nap for longer...Doctor's answer:
How does a child lack calcium? It must first undergo a thorough examination to determine this. Symptoms such as excessive sweating, restlessness, night crying, scalp acne, rib cage protrusion, square skull, pigeon chest, and funnel chest are important indicators for doctors to infer how the child is lacking calcium. However, these symptoms can only be confirmed as signs of calcium deficiency after a careful examination by the doctor. This is because some symptoms and signs are non-specific, such as easy sweating and deep sleep disturbances, which may be caused by the immaturity of the child's nervous system development. Scalp acne may be due to excessive sweating, where sweat hitting the skin causes pain, and the baby shakes their head and rubs the scalp to reduce swelling and pain. There are also many factors that can cause night crying, such as a lack of vitamin B1 or sleep disorders. Rib cage protrusion may also be caused by overly tight chest muscles. Therefore, parents should not (speculate) how the child is lacking calcium, and doctors must also conduct a thorough examination based on this to confirm.Recommendation: X-ray bone examination and urine tests can be performed to verify how the child is lacking calcium. In some children, hair thinning is related to a lack of nutrients, such as a lack of protein, which makes the hair fine. A lack of fat makes the hair dry and dull; a lack of zinc makes the hair curly and yellow; nutritional anemia or a lack of vitamin D and calcium can also interfere with hair growth. It is recommended that mothers take the child for an examination to see what trace elements the child is lacking.