Patient's question:
I am a 57-year-old woman. Recently, my mental state hasn't been very good, and I haven't been in a good mood either. I feel like I might be sick. Please ask: What should children with rickets eat?Doctor's answer:
Calcium supplementation is most effective when approached through both dietary and medicinal means. In daily diet, it is advisable to consume foods rich in calcium such as peanuts, spinach, soybeans, fish, kelp, bone broth, walnuts, shrimp, and seaweed. For children in the post-injury phase of skeletal deformities, physical exercise should be strengthened, and methods such as active or passive movements can be used to correct the deformities. When there are risk factors for vitamin deficiency rickets, it is important to prevent early weight-bearing activities (such as preventing early learning to sit, stand, or jump with support) during growth and development. If lower limb deformities reappear, muscle massage can be performed (massaging the lateral muscles for O-legs, or the medial muscles for X-legs) to enhance muscle tension and correct the deformities. Severe skeletal deformities may require surgical correction.