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Rickets is a medical problem caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate that leads to softening and weakening of the bones. It's seen most often in children 6-24 months of age.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y ago- pain in your bones, muscle weakness, cramps and spams - slowed growth development - Increased risk of broken bones, including spontaneous breaks that occur by themselves without pressure of trauma - dental issues like teeth not forming - prominent forehead - deformities of the skeleton
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∙ 13y agorickets is caused by a vitamin d deficiency a lot of our vitamin D comes from sunlight and this disease is particularly nasty in the case of developing children as it interferes with bone development.
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∙ 14y agoricketts for one
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∙ 11y agoit effects the growth of your bones
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∙ 12y agoswelling
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∙ 12y agobowed legs
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What bone disease is called by the lack of calcium in the diet?
Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
Where can you get Rickets?
how do u get rickets
Are rickets caused by microbes?
No, rickets is not caused by microbes. Rickets is caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium or phosphate.
What has the author John Rickets written?
John Rickets has written: 'John Rickets, Byrsa Basilica Sive Regale Excambium'
Do microbes cause rickets?
Rickets is not a microbe. Rickets is a disease caused by the deficiency of Vitamin D, which is an essential vitamin (that is it is not produced by the body). Body gets vitamin D when sunlight falls on the skin.
How is rickets diagnosed?
Rickets is diagnosed by x-ray examination of leg bones
What nutrient will result in rickets?
Whish mineral deficiency may result in rickets
When did King Charles 1 discover he had rickets?
I have never heard of him having rickets, but if he did , he had doctors at court, so they would have diagnosed that, but usually rickets are a childhood ailment.
What is a sentence using the word rickets?
Rickets is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin D.
What is the vitamin needed to prevent rickets?
vitamin D will prevent rickets.
How could a person get rickets?
the only way you can get rickets is by not getting much vitamin d
What do some children develop rickets?
Rickets - is caused by lack of vitamin D in the diet.
