Symptoms of baby scurvy

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Scurvy is caused by vitamin C deficiency, and vitamin C is an essential element of the human body. So do you know what the symptoms of scurvy are, how to treat it after suffering from scurvy, and how to prevent it in daily life? Next, let's take a detailed look at scurvy.

Symptoms of baby scurvy

Lack of vitamin C for several months, patients feel tired, general fatigue, weakness, anorexia, malnutrition, pale, gingival swelling, bleeding, and can be caused by gingival and alveolar necrosis of teeth loose, off, bone and joint muscle pain, skin ecchymosis, ecchymosis, hair follicle excessive keratosis, peripheral bleeding, children can be caused by subperiosteal hemorrhage lower limb pseudoparalysis, swelling, tenderness obvious Hip joint extension, knee joint half flexion, foot external rotation, frog posture.

Vitamin C belongs to hexuronic acid, because it has the effect of anti vitamin C deficiency disease, so it is called ascorbic acid. It is colorless crystal, sour taste, soluble in water, and has strong reducibility. It is stable in acidic solution and easily destroyed in alkaline solution.

Improper food processing and long storage lead to great loss of vitamin C. The content of vitamin C in fresh vegetables and fruits is very high, such as persimmon pepper, balsam pear, cauliflower, cabbage, green vegetables, Tucker, shepherd's purse, spinach, etc. the fruits are sour jujube, red fruit, Shatian pomelo, Rosa roxburghii Tratt, seabuckthorn, kiwifruit, etc., which are rich in vitamin C. Vitamin C deficiency is caused by the following factors.

matters needing attention

(1) Choose foods rich in vitamin C, improve cooking methods, reduce the loss of vitamin C in cooking. Artificial feeding infants should add vitamin C containing food or vitamin C. It is suggested that the intake of vitamin C should be appropriately increased in patients with diseases, after surgery, smokers, workers in the north and south polar regions and when taking contraceptives. (2) symptomatic treatment, such as keeping oral cavity clean, preventing or treating secondary infection, relieving pain, severe anemia can be given blood transfusion, iron. Severe cases such as huge subperiosteal hematoma, or fracture, do not need surgical treatment, with vitamin C treatment, hematoma can gradually disappear, fracture healing.