Vitamin D deficiency rickets in breast-fed infants presenting with hypocalcaemic seizures
Document Type
Article
Department
Pathology and Microbiology; Paediatrics and Child Health; Haematology/Oncology
Abstract
At the Aga Khan Hospital (AKUH), 65 infants presented with hypocalcaemic seizures, subsequently found to have rickets. Forty-six infants less than 6 months were totally or predominantly breast fed. In a subgroup of 15 mothers and their infants, we found very low plasma levels of 25(OH) vitamin D of < 5 /ig/1 and 7.53.3$uMg/l, respectively. Neither mothers nor infants received vitamin D supplementation. Maternal vitamin D deficiency and non-supplementation in the infants were the likely causes of rickets in our patients. Prophylactic vitamin D 400 i.u. administered to infants up to 2 years and 800 i.u. to women in pregnancy and during lactation is recommended to prevent vitamin D deficiency.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Acta Paediatrica
Recommended Citation
Ahmed, I.,
Atiq, M.,
Iqbal, J.,
Khurshid, M.,
Whittaker, P.
(1995). Vitamin D deficiency rickets in breast-fed infants presenting with hypocalcaemic seizures. Acta Paediatrica, 84(8), 941-942.
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