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Rickets is a softening of the bones in children potentially leading to fractures and deformity. Rickets is among the most frequent childhood diseases in many developing countries. The predominant cause is a vitamin D deficiency, but lack of adequate calcium in the diet may also lead to rickets. Although it can occur in adults, the majority of cases occur in children suffering from severe malnutrition, usually resulting from famine or starvation during the early stages of childhood.
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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.
