Why is the baby's bone small? Symptoms of baby's bone dysplasia

During the growth and development stage of babies, parents always pay special attention to their babies' height and often give them zinc and calcium supplements, hoping that their children will grow taller. However, some babies are born with small bones. What is the reason?

1 Genetic factors The characteristics, potential, trends, and limits of a child's growth and development are all affected by the genetic factors of both parents.

2 Nutrition is one of the important factors that affect children's growth and development. Adequate and well-balanced nutrition is the material basis for children's growth and development. If the nutrition is insufficient, the child's weight will not increase or even decrease, and it will eventually affect the growth of height and the functions of other body systems, such as immune function, endocrine function, and nerve regulation function. And the younger the age, the greater the impact of nutrition.

3 Environmental factors A good living environment and sanitary conditions such as sufficient sunlight, fresh air, and clean water are conducive to the growth and development of children, while the opposite will have an adverse effect. Reasonable living habits, care, education, and exercise all play an important role in promoting children's physical growth and intellectual development.

4 Family factors The warmth of the family, the care of relatives and the role of good role models have a profound impact on the formation of children's character and morality, emotional stability and intellectual development.

5 Disease factors also have a certain impact on children's growth and development. Acute infection often causes children to not gain weight or lose weight, while chronic infection affects both weight and height growth. Endocrine diseases (such as hypothyroidism) have a more prominent impact on growth and development, often causing delayed bone growth and nervous system development. Congenital diseases (such as congenital idiocy) have a significant impact on children's physical and intellectual development.

1. The back protrudes because the newborn's body is soft, and when the body leans forward, the back is more obvious. Don't worry, sometimes because the baby moves around, the back seems to be scoliotic, in fact, most of the time it is normal.

2 Abnormal sternum The sternum is particularly bulging, especially on the left and right sides above the abdomen, as if something is pushing it out. This is due to uneven cartilage development and is not a big deal. Mild cases of pectus carinatum or pectus excavatum will not hinder the development of the body and do not require treatment. For more serious cases, it is necessary to observe after the age of two and perform surgery if necessary.

3. These are caused by intrauterine compression and do not require treatment. However, if there is a lump in the neck muscles, it is best to undergo physical therapy and continue to observe whether it will develop into true muscular torticollis. If so, surgical treatment is required between 6 months and 1 year old.

4 Trigger finger or thumb adduction. The fingers of newborns are clenched at birth, and they will gradually loosen up as time goes by. At this time, some parents will notice that their children's thumbs are bent or adducted. When you rub them a few times or push them hard, the fingers may also straighten up. It is best to see a doctor for this phenomenon, do more finger exercises, wear correction braces, and a small number of cases require surgical treatment.

5 Rickets, O-shaped legs or X-shaped legs This is the most common physiological phenomenon in newborns. It will be more obvious when they start to learn to stand or walk. Some parents take it upon themselves to tie their legs together with a cloth strip when they sleep at night, hoping to correct it. This is really unnecessary. The above situation will gradually improve after the age of two. Unless the "O"-shaped legs are particularly serious or the legs are asymmetrical, X-rays or blood tests are required to find out whether there is rickets and receive further treatment. As for children learning to stand, it is normal for their feet to rotate outward (outward eight characters).

In fact, the height of a baby has little to do with the size of its frame. How tall it will grow depends mainly on the height of its parents, and heredity is the decisive factor. So if the baby has a small frame, parents don't have to worry about not growing tall.

1. If you want your baby to grow taller, first of all, the baby must be able to supplement the various nutrients needed by the human body. When the baby is picky about food, parents should promptly change the baby's bad habits, or cook the food that the baby does not like with other things to change the taste that the baby does not like.

2. After some scientific research, it was found that the human body secretes the most growth hormone at night when sleeping, so it is necessary to cultivate the habit of going to bed early and getting up early for the baby. If you go to bed late, it may inhibit the secretion of growth hormone.

3. At the same time, daily exercise is also indispensable. If the baby does not like exercise and stays at home all the time, it is possible that the baby will not grow too tall.