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Rickets, Hypovitaminosis D
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe main disease which is caused by Vitamin D or of Calcium is rickets. Rickets causes muscles and bones to become soft, which can cause permanent deformities in children. Adults rarely develop rickets because their bones are not growing and do not need much calcium. Vitamin D itself is obtained from many foods but the body can only use it if it has been converted into its active form via sunlight. Here some other diseases which occurred lack of Vitamin D.
Osteoporosis and Osteopenia
High blood pressure
Obesity
Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes
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∙ 12y agoThe lack of Vitamin D in your diet can cause you to have rickets.
beriberi
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∙ 13y agoRickets in childrens and osteomalacia in adults and fractures may occur.
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∙ 12y agoA couple of common diseases caused by vitamin D deficiency are Rickets and osteomalacia.
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∙ 14y agoDeficiency of vitamin D causes a disease known as rickets. It also causes the softening of bones and teeth.
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∙ 14y agoRickets.
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∙ 13y agoRicketts
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Names of deficiency diseases?
There are quite a few deficiency diseases. Scurvy is caused by a vitamin C deficiency, Rickets is caused by a vitamin D deficiency, and Paresthesia is the from the lack of vitamin B5.
How are rickets caused?
Lack of Vitamin D
What is the disease that is caused by lack of Vitamin D?
Rickets
Which disease caused by lack of vitamin D can result in bent legs?
Rickets is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin D and calcium. It can cause weakness and softening of the bones, including bowleggedness.
What are deficiency diseases Name three deficiency diseases and also write their causes and symptoms?
A deficiency disease is one caused by a lack of something we need. Some examples are:scurvy, caused by insufficient vitamin C. Symptoms include bleeding gums and failure to heal.rickets, caused by lack of calcium or vitamin D. Symptoms are weak, soft bones and stunted growth.Pellagra, caused by lack of vitamin B3, niacin. Symptoms include inflamed skin, diarrhea, dementia, and sores in the mouth.
What disease is caused by a lack of vitamin D cause?
scurvy
Diseases caused by lack of fats?
Well a diet to low in fat can cause malnutrition from fat-soluble essential nutrients. This causes deficiency diseases. For example, rickets can be caused by lack of vitamin D, a fat soluble nutrient. Vitamin K deficiency is often result of fat malabsorption and that can result in hemorrhagic disease.
What diseases are caused from a lack of fat in your diet?
Well a diet to low in fat can cause malnutrition from fat-soluble essential nutrients. This causes deficiency diseases. For example, rickets can be caused by lack of vitamin D, a fat soluble nutrient. Vitamin K deficiency is often result of fat malabsorption and that can result in hemorrhagic disease.
What bone disease is caused by lack of calcium in the diet?
RICKETS is a disorder caused y a lack of vitamin D,calcium,or phosphate.
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 is the disease caused by vitamin called osteomalacia?
It's a disease caused by lack of vitamin D that causes weakening/softening of bones.
What diseases are caused by deficiencies of vitamins a b c d?
Deficiency in: Vitamin A - Nightblindness and Xeropthalmia Vitamin B - Beri-beri Vitamin C - Scurvy Vitamin D - Rickets
