Patient's question:
The left floating rib is slightly outward, is it due to calcium deficiency?Doctor's answer:
Rickets is clinically divided into four stages: initial stage, acute stage, recovery stage, and residual stage. The clinical manifestations of the initial stage include increased nervous excitability, irritability, sleeplessness, easy startle, night crying, excessive sweating, and may lead to (baldness on the back of the head) due to (degeneration of the occipital hair). Physical and chemical tests may show slight changes in blood biochemistry, and skeletal X-ray films may be normal. Between the skeletal deformities caused by rickets, once formed, they may leave residual effects. Therefore, prevention is key in rickets, and it is essential to be proactive to avoid skeletal deformities. Timely supplementation with calcium and vitamin AD injections is necessary. Rickets is a common systemic disease in infancy, primarily caused by vitamin D deficiency, leading to calcium and phosphorus metabolic disorders and impaired calcification of osteoid tissue. Rickets is not a hereditary disease; it is treatable. Seek treatment in a large, reputable hospital; the earlier, the better. Do not delay.