Rickets take those children in its grasp who have deficiency of vitamin D and calcium in the body. Milk and other solid foodstuffs do not digest well if there is a problem in the digestion system. In such condition, the child becomes thin and lean and his waist becomes thin. Child keeps on weeping. The child suffers from loose motions and his chest becomes weak. Wrinkles appear on child’s skin. This disease occurs due to malnutrition, liver problem and terrifying the children.
Symptoms:
If one-year-old child is unable in standing, it should be considered that the disease named rickets could attack. The child suffers from many problems as difficulty in sitting and standing, stomach disorder, catarrh, cough, sweat on the forehead, delay in filling the fontanel, white spots upon the teeth and delay in dentition, gastric problem, curved hands and feet, problems in the chest are the primary symptoms of this disease. There are five kinds of this disease.
First type of disease:
This disease occurs due to polluted food. This type of food pollutes mother milk also. This milk effects child’s body, blood, meat and stomach consequently the child becomes weak.
Second type of disease:
A child needs a good and perfect diet for growth. Only mother milk does not have all these elements in sufficient quantity. Children, who take both corn and milk, do not get nutritive elements to this meal and the child becomes weak.
Third type of disease:
Child becomes the victim of phlegm, cough and prabharti problems. The disease becomes chronic in lack of proper treatment and the child becomes weak.
Fourth type of disease:
Often, this disease occurs in those children who feed up corn mostly. Becoming the victim of any dangerous disease due to eating polluted meal and chronic disease in lack of proper treatment are the main symptoms of this disease.
Treatment of this disease with different drugs:-
- Lycopodium- If the upper part of the patient suffering from this disease starts to become thin (dry) especially the neck and the lower part remains normal, for the treatment of such symptoms, using Lycopodium 30 is beneficial.
- Abrotanum- First of all, the legs of the patient suffering from this disease become thin and seem thin then upper part became thin, etc., Abrotanum 3 or 30 can be used for the treatment of such symptoms.
- Sarsaparilla- If the patient has following symptoms like- becoming the neck thin, seems the parts above the waist thin, but the lower parts are normal, etc., 30 potency of this drug is used to cure the symptoms of the patient.
- Lyco- If the neck and the upper parts of the patient are thin and the lower parts below the waist remain normal, taking this drug is very useful.
- Natrum-mur- The upper parts of the patient suffering from this disease become thin and the lower parts remain normal, the neck is also thin. The patient has excess desire for eating salt; structure like map is drawn on the tongue; feels tiredness and sleepiness after taking meals, etc., using 30 potency of this drug is beneficial for the treatment of the patient suffering from such symptoms.
- Iodium- The whole body of the patient is dried up, wrinkles appear on the face, children become thin however they take nutritive diet, desire for eating whole day, start to feel more troubles after eating, but not feel tiredness except rest, etc. If such symptoms are found in the patient, Iodium 30 is beneficial for the treatment of that patient.
- Argentum nitricum- The whole body of the patient is dried up and wrinkles appear on the face, having desire for eating sweets. Thus, for the treatment of such symptoms, 3 or 30 potency of this drug is very useful.
- Calcarea carb- If following symptoms are found in children like- becoming the head and the stomach big, becoming the neck and leg thin, sweating from the head while sleeping, having desire to eat eggs, the body becomes flabby, coming sour smell from sweat, the patient does not like to change his place while sitting, is not able to learn walking easily, etc., taking Calcarea carb 30 or 200 is beneficial for the treatment of such symptoms of the patient.
- Syphilinum- If the whole body has become weak, hairs start to falling down, the symptoms of disease aggravate from evening to morning, etc., using Syphilinum 200 is beneficial to cure such symptoms of the patient.
- Aethusa- The children become thin continuously and vomit just after drinking milk. Thus, taking Aethusa 3 or 30 is very useful to cure this disease.
- Baryta carb- If the mental growth of the children suffering from rickets does not be proper and seems dwarf ness, children become dwarf by both physically and mentally, knots appear in the throat and also in other places, 30 or 200 potency of this drug can be used for the treatment of such symptoms.
- Cina- A child suffering from rickets feels itching sensation in his anus, wets the bed, worms present inside his stomach, scratches his nose again and again by putting finger in the nose and he has become irritable temperament, wants to swing all the time, to cure this disease of a child, Cina 3, 30 or 200 is very useful.
- Antim-crude- A child suffering from rickets vomits just after drinking milk with loose motions, white coat thickens on his tongue and he becomes irritable temperament. Thus, for the treatment of this disease, 30 or 200 potency of this drug should be used.
- Petroleum- If rickets patient suffers from loose motions that is cured at night and again starts in the day time, Petroleum 30 or 200 is used to cure such symptoms of the patient. It should be remembered that odour like onion comes from the breath and stool of the patient, he does not like (irritate from) cold and having the symptoms of eczema.
- Tuberculinum- For the treatment of rickets, if well chosen drugs make no impression and nutritive diet also fails in recovering this disease, Tuberculinum 200 or 1m should be used.
- Phosphorus- If the rickets patient is suffering from watery loose motions, taking Phosphorus 30 or 200 is beneficial to cure this disease.
- Sulphur- To cure rickets, taking Sulphur 30 or 200 is beneficial, but patient suffering from this disease should have following symptoms like- patient seems dirty, boils and pimples are erupted everywhere on the body, glands become enlarged, constipation also persists, vomiting with loose motions, offensive smell comes from the body, the whole body is dried up (becomes thin), flatulence with burning sensation, roar sound produces in the stomach, all the organs and the muscles of the neck, back, chest, etc. are dried up, the stomach muscles are also dried up, patient is hot natured.