Many mothers are worried about their children's calcium deficiency, but what they are worried about is rickets. Its main symptoms are irritability, irritability, sweating and shaking your head. There are beads on the square skull and ribs, chicken breast, O-legs and X-legs.

But in fact, rickets, called "vitamin D deficiency rickets", lacks vitamin D instead of calcium.

Second, are these conditions calcium-deficient?

1, is the late teething calcium deficiency?

Teeth will come out sooner or later, which is related to heredity and children's growth law, and has nothing to do with calcium deficiency.

2. Is sweating mostly calcium deficiency?

Sweating is often due to children's fast metabolism, large amount of exercise and too many clothes.

3. Does the child lack calcium?

Height is mainly related to heredity, sleep, nutrition and exercise.

4. Is the bald pillow calcium deficient?

This is related to the child's sitting position and sleeping position. If the child always fixes his head to one side, he may lose the pillow.

5. Is yellow hair calcium deficient?

Rickets and the lack of some trace elements can lead to yellow hair, but in this case, the hair is usually dull and dry. If the hair is yellow but shiny, it is not calcium deficiency.

? Third, children will not easily lack calcium.

1, sufficient calcium source.

Children's growth and development can not be separated from calcium, but calcium is a trace element, and the demand for children is not great. Can be ingested through dairy products, breast milk and complementary foods. Generally speaking, the intake of calcium in the diet is sufficient. Children don't need extra calcium.

2. Improving the conversion rate of calcium is the key.

The key to calcium supplementation is not only intake, but also conversion absorption rate. If the body lacks vitamin D, calcium cannot be well absorbed by the body, so what children need to supplement is vitamin D, which comes from three sources: food, sun exposure and vitamin D drops.

3, income vitamin D decline

It is usually recommended to start from two weeks after birth until the age of 2. The supplement for 0- 1 year-old is 400 international units per day, and that for 1-3-year-old is 600 international units per day.

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