Patient's question:
Doctor, hello, my child has been preliminarily diagnosed with rib flaring. Currently, the only test result we have is a blood test showing zinc and calcium deficiency. The doctor said whether it's rickets or not will only be clear once the blood calcium test results are available. When I was pregnant with him, I was also quite calcium-deficient. After the baby was born, during the initial pediatric check-up, the doctor also mentioned calcium deficiency and recommended us to give him oral liquid gluconate of zinc and calcium and Icicle. Later, we followed the doctor's instructions and gave the child these two things every day. However, the child has always had excessive sweating (i.e., he sweats regardless of the weather, especially when sleeping). During this period, heDoctor's answer:
Hello, based on the information you provided, if the child has vitamin D deficiency rickets, they need to supplement with calcium and vitamin D.