Patient's question:
My baby is just starting to walk now, but it looks like they have bowlegs. The doctor said it's rickets. So, can rickets in babies be cured?Doctor's answer:
Most children with rickets are picky eaters and lack calcium. It is recommended that mothers start from these two aspects, which will help with the condition. Vitamin D deficiency rickets is a common nutritional deficiency in children. Due to a lack of vitamin D, it causes abnormal calcium and phosphorus metabolism throughout the body and a series of changes primarily affecting the bones. In severe cases, it can lead to skeletal deformities, affect normal growth and development in children, reduce the body's resistance, decrease immunoglobulins, and make it easier to develop various infections, exacerbating the condition, prolonging the course of the disease, and requiring active prevention and treatment.