When should vitamin D supplements be given to children?

The article was written by Specialist I Nguyen Thi My Linh – Pediatrician, Pediatrics – Newborn Department – Share99 Da Nang International Health Hub.

For children in particular vitamin D deficiency is prone to rickets, malnutrition, which increases the risk of infection. The lack of calcium will cause an increase in vitamin heterominization.

For the human body in general vitamin D plays an important role in the absorption of calcium, phosphorus, which directly affects the formation of bone structures. Providing adequate calcium to the body will help calcium and phosphorus in the body firmly attached in the bone tissues and reconcile the homeoly balance of calcium and phosphorus in the human body.

Vitamin D also plays a key role in cell division, excretion and conversion of hormones, including thyroid hormones and insulin. Vitamin D also plays a role in the chemicalization of cancer cells such as skin,bone and breast cancer cells. Sufficient vitamin status is associated with a reduced risk of developing breast, colon and prostate cancer.

For babies who drink breast milk completely, it is recommended to take vitamin supplements for babies from the newborn stage. 1 drop per day is equivalent to 400 units.

Supplement until the toddler and have a lot of going out, exposed to the sun combined with a varied diet with full nutrients, using foods high in vitamin D such as (salmon, herring, sardines, yogurt, cheese, cereals, tofu …).

Prevention and treatment of diseases associated with vitamin D deficiency such as diarrhea, measles, pancreatitis and renal inflammation.

For children who drink 1000ml formula daily, the amount of vitamin D figs is usually provided enough.

• • Early signs:
• Children cry a lot, have difficulty sleeping and do not sleep for long
• Children may be startled to sleep due to irritation of the nervous system
• Children with vitamin D deficiency often sweat at night even when it is not hot.
• Vitamin D deficiency also causes physical retness, blue skin, pasty muscles.
  • Late signs:
• Slow teething, disproportionate teeth
• Toddlers, cows
• Children lacking vitamins also have a wide, soft coastline, long-term
• Some cases cause deformation of the skull, flattened head, soft skull bones.
• The enlarged head of the wrist bone forms a wrist loop.
• Deformed ribs and chest, bilateral scoliosis and ring legs are also signs of vitamin deficiency.
• If severe the child may have seizures due to hypocalcemia.
• Rickets is a first-of-its-kind disease in young children, where deformed and physically retested young children can be seen with bone deformity that can cause later adulthood, hunchbacks, crooks, and pelvic stenosis.

Sub-clinical signs:

• Diagnosis determines clinically based vitamins and some basic tests.
• Bone x-rays assess the essence of the bones very meaningfully diagnosing rickets in children…. Rickets are usually slow, the head of the bone is large, the lava is uneven, the bone body reduces bone density.
• Biochemic tests: phosphor levels decrease in rickets. Normally 4.5-6.5 mg/dl.
• The most reliable index 25(Oh) D serum. Assess vitamin deficiency and vitamin deficiency levels based on serum 25(OH)D content. Normally > 75nmol/L.
• Other specificity index 1.25 (oh) D serum. Normal 48-100 pmol/L.
• Alkaline phosphatase yeast increases with rickets, > 500 UI/dl.

Customers can directly go to Share99 Health System nationwide for examination or contact the hotline here for assistance.

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