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RICKETS is a disorder caused y a lack of vitamin D,calcium,or phosphate.

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Rickets - bone softening and Osteomalacia - bone thinning (in adults).

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Short term it can cause bone problems and improper calcium/phosphorus balance. Long term, it can cause things like cancer, autoimmune disease. It can also cause depression.

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Sometimes paleness or depression can be signs of a child lacking vitamin D.

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Bones are becoming weak and fragile. Prone to deformity and fractures. Such condition is called Rickets.

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The prognoses for correcting vitamin D deficiency, rickets, and osteomalacia are excellent.

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Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults are caused by lack of calcium salts. But more commonly they are the result of deficiency of Vitamin D.

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Osteomalacia

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Rickets

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