Lying down ribs protruding abdomen concave may be due to too thin, lack of nutrition, rickets and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
1. Too thin, lack of nutrition: when the patient lacks nutrition, too thin, subcutaneous fat and muscle thin, the abdomen shows boat-shaped abdomen, both sides of the ribs are obviously higher than the abdomen, lying down the rib protruding symptoms, need to supplement the appropriate nutrition, and at the same time more sunshine, to promote the absorption of calcium, do not need special treatment.
2. Rickets: in infants or adolescents, when there is a lack of vitamin D and calcium, it will lead to malformation of local rib development, which is manifested as the ribs protruding higher than the abdomen, and the abdomen sinking obviously after lying down, and it is necessary to supplement the sufficient amount of calcium and vitamin D to alleviate the occurrence of the symptom.
3. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Typical symptoms of COPD are barrel-shaped chest, relatively sunken abdomen after lying down, in addition to chest tightness, wheezing and other symptoms of COPD. Treatment of the primary disease is needed to relieve the symptoms.
Lying down rib protruding abdomen concave may also exist other causes, should go to the hospital to do the relevant examination, to exclude rickets and other causes of disease, in the professional doctor’s advice for treatment.