Mothers on the backstage often ask how I can give my baby calcium supplements when my child has had a bone density test and the value is particularly low. In fact, low bone density is not the same as baby calcium deficiency, let’s learn more about bone density test today. 1, about the bone density test Bone density reflects the content of minerals per unit area of the bone. It is mainly used to understand bone strength, predict the risk of fracture or monitor the response to treatment of related diseases. For healthy children, if there are no recurrent fractures, bone pain, bone deformities, or general radiography suggesting osteoporosis, routine bone density testing is completely unnecessary. Instead, the bone density test is mainly used to understand a measurement indication of osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly people. 2, low bone density is not equal to calcium deficiency Bone density reflects the content of minerals in the “unit area” of the bone, and calcium is the main mineral in human bones, so people are often misjudged as low bone density is the phenomenon of calcium deficiency, the vast majority of parents to the baby after the check bone density values show low, in fact, the child’s low bone density is not only not a problem, but also a sign of the child’s growth, bone density is normal instead Bone density is normal, but suggests that the baby’s body absorption of calcium is declining. Bone density test is not suitable for infants and children, and we generally do not recommend this test for people under 20 years old. Women over 65 years of age and men over 70 years of age with or without other risk factors for osteoporosis; women under 65 years of age and men under 70 years of age with one or more risk factors for osteoporosis; adults of both sexes with a history of fragility fracture or a family history of fragility fracture; adults of both sexes with low sex hormone levels from various causes; people with existing osteoporotic changes on x-ray; people receiving osteoporosis treatment and undergoing Those who have a history of disease affecting bone metabolism or use of drugs affecting bone metabolism; those who have positive results on the International Osteoporosis Foundation’s One Minute Test for Osteoporosis Risk (the Osteoporosis Test published by the International Osteoporosis Foundation); and those who have a self-screening result of ≤-1 for osteoporosis in Asians. Warm tips: Parents should never give their babies calcium supplements as soon as they see a low bone density test result; excessive calcium supplementation can be a burden on the baby’s body, and don’t be overly propagandized, treat it calmly and let your baby avoid unnecessary tests. For bone density test results, there is still no unified standard, the test results are all relative values, different machines, different environments, different reference standards, can affect the results.