As the weather heats up, for many parents, whether their children sleep well also determines whether they can get rest.
You know what?
If your child is sweating and waking up all the time, it may not be the heat or the sleep, but vitamin D deficiency.

Vitamin D deficiency leads to type O legs

The boy Dou Dou is two years old this year. Recently, his mother found that he always sweats at night and often wakes up with a start.
Examination of the body found that the legs of Doudou a little outward bend, came to the children’s hospital examination found that Doudou was actually due to vitamin D deficiency caused by O leg.
What’s going on here?

Vitamin D is a good helper to maintain the balance of calcium and phosphorus metabolism, promote calcium absorption and bone development, and can also participate in a variety of cell proliferation, differentiation and immune function regulation, said Ding Yuan, a doctor from the Children’s Medical Examination Department of the Children’s Hospital.
Studies have shown that the occurrence of malignant tumors may also be related to vitamin D deficiency in the body.

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More than 6,000 children were tested for serum vitamin D in 2019, according to the Ministry of Child Health.
The results showed that many children were deficient in vitamin D, and the proportion of vitamin D decrease gradually increased with age.
There were also differences in the rate at which serum vitamin D levels were reached in children who came for a physical examination at different seasons.
Children also have suggestive signs and symptoms, such as hyperperspiration, night terrors, irritability, and skeletal changes (symptoms of developmental abnormalities such as type X or O legs due to vitamin D deficiency).
Vitamin D levels can be checked by regular health checks and venous blood draws.

Except for children, there are four groups of people who are prone to vitamin D deficiency:

1. Inactive, not the sun, always stay at home.

People who wear sunscreen year-round, because makeup and sunscreen block out a lot of UV rays, leaving the sun’s UV rays in no way to make vitamin D from the skin’s 7-hydroxycholesterol.

Vegetarians who don’t like meat in order to lose weight.

4. The elderly.

A word of caution: Don’t take too much vitamin D

The maximum tolerable intake of vitamin D in China is 20 g. Excessive intake of vitamin D can cause vitamin D toxicity, Ding said.
Vitamin D intoxication can be manifested as anorexia, constipation, vomiting, headache, excessive urine, decreased muscle tone, heart rate is fast and abnormal, and can even cause soft tissue softening.
If taken in excess, vitamin D can cause hypercalcemia, nephrocalcinosis, and even kidney failure if taken in large doses.
Therefore, vitamin D supplements should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.

Doctor Ding yuan said, for pregnant mothers, every day must be guaranteed to eat 1,500 to 2,000 IU of vitamin D to meet the needs of the fetus.

Children under the age of 1 should get at least 400 IUS a day.
Newborn babies should receive vitamin D supplements as soon as possible under the guidance of a doctor.
Premature, twin and low weight babies must ensure 800-1000IU per day, and then reduce to 400-800IU/ day after 3 months as appropriate;
Children after the age of one should aim for 600IU of vitamin D a day.

Vitamin D supplements are simple. You can use cod liver oil and some vitamin D supplements.
In addition, the baby needs a balanced diet, more outdoor activities during the day;
Nevertheless the small baby of 6 months of less than please do not illuminate directly under the sun, lest injure delicate skin, teenager is in when undertaking outdoor activity, also want to protect the skin to prevent sunburn.