Question
Is this a case of calcium deficiency or rickets? Patient’s age: eight months old, the baby often rocks its head back and forth during the late hours of the night, or rubs its face or ears with its hands. It moves like this even when its eyes are closed and then starts crying after a while. What factors or causes could this be, and is it possible that it is due to calcium deficiency or rickets? This does not happen during the day, only at night. Lately, there have been frequent mouth sores. Then the sores heal on their own after a few days.
Answer
Hello, the medical term for rickets is not what the general public believes, which is caused by calcium deficiency, but rather it is due to a lack of vitamin D. Your child currently has slight alopecia and should be given Icodextrin (vitamin D drops) orally.