Patient's question:
My best friend just had a baby, but when she had the child's health check-up, she discovered that the child had rickets and was very worried that it would interfere with the child's later life. She wants to ask the doctor how to treat infant rickets.Doctor's answer:
According to your description, scoliosis is mainly caused by a lack of calcium and metabolic disorders of vitamin D. Such conditions are distinguished into active phase, initial phase, recovery phase, and residual phase. During the recovery phase, some children may develop X-shaped legs or O-shaped legs, and surgical treatment is required to correct them. When the child is in the active phase, they need to be given 2000 to 4000 units of vitamin D orally every day, and this should be continued for about a month to gradually and completely recover.