How to determine if there is rickets

Since rickets has no specific clinical symptoms, children with high risk factors for vitamin D deficiency or suspected symptoms of rickets should go to the hospital as soon as possible and further confirm the diagnosis. Therefore, children should be taken to see a doctor when they show the following conditions: First, exclusively breastfed infants, twins, premature infants, fast-growing infants, lack of sunlight, lack of vitamin D supplementation, show sleep instability, irritability, excessive sweating, etc. Third, children with skeletal deformities such as skull softening, rib beads, O legs or X legs. After arrival at the hospital, the doctor will combine the child's medical history, symptoms and signs, and the necessary examination results to diagnose it.