How to judge whether the baby is calcium deficient?

How do we usually know if children are calcium deficient? Adequate calcium intake is very important for maintaining normal bone mineral content in children and adolescents, achieving peak bone mineral density and reducing the risk of fracture and osteoporosis in the elderly. Calcium ion is also involved in many physiological functions of human body, such as blood coagulation and maintaining the normal excitability of heart, muscles and nerves.

Therefore, when the baby is calcium deficient, there will be osteoporosis, hypocalcemic rickets, increased excitability of infants, irritability or hand and foot convulsions.

It is suspected that the baby is calcium deficient, and most parents will take the baby for examination. The examination of blood calcium level can not be used to judge the calcium nutritional status of human body. Only when the baby is extremely calcium deficient, the blood calcium level will drop slightly. Ultrasonic bone mineral density detection can partially reflect the calcium nutrition status, but there are many influencing factors and lack of normal reference data for children.

Whether the baby is calcium deficient or not needs to be comprehensively analyzed in combination with clinical manifestations and calcium intake.

Children's long-term dietary calcium intake is insufficient, and vitamin D is insufficient or lacking, which makes intestinal calcium malabsorption. Babies, children and teenagers under two years old have a high demand for calcium because of their rapid growth. When suffering from diarrhea and gastrointestinal diseases, calcium loss and insufficient absorption may lead to calcium deficiency.

If on this basis, the child has the above performance, you can consider diagnosing calcium deficiency for your baby.