Delayed growth

It’s common for people with rickets to have delayed growth. Delayed growth is defined as poor or unusually slow height or weight increase in a kid under the age of five due to a transitory delay in skeletal growth. A growth delay happens when a child's development rate is slower than expected for their age. An underlying health problem, such as growth hormone deficit or hypothyroidism, might explain the delay. Early therapy can help a kid attain a normal or near-normal height in some instances. Your child may have a growth problem if they are smaller than other children their age. If they are smaller than 95 percent of other children their age and develop slowly, it is usually considered a medical problem.

Rickets usually strikes while the patient is a newborn. This is a period of tremendous growth for them, and they require a lot of vitamin D and calcium to form their bones. Again, treating the child's rickets as soon as possible is the best way to correct the delayed growth. If the kid is not treated while they are very young, they may grow up to be extremely short. Furthermore, any skeletal defects caused by their rickets would be extremely difficult to correct.