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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.
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Are rickets caused by microbes?
No, rickets is not caused by microbes. Rickets is caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium or phosphate.
Is rickets caused by microbes?
No, it is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin C- like scurvy is.
What nutrient is required to help prevent rickets?
if we don't eat any calcium in our life it will cause rickets
Why did pirates get rickets?
Cause they had no sunlight underwater
Is rickets can be cause of short height in a child of 3 years?
Rickets can cause short stature in children. However there are also many other possible causes.
Lack of vitamin D cause which disease?
Rickets
What is the cause of anemia night blindness and rickets?
Anaemia is a deficiency of iron, night blindness is a deficiency if vitamin A and rickets is a deficiency of vitamin D.
What disease is caused by a lack of vitamin D cause?
scurvy
What can microbes cause?
Microbial disease.
Why do microbes cause HIV?
Microbes don't cause HIV. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and the causative agent is a virus.
Who found the cure for rickets?
The need for vitamin D is greater in childhood. In infants and young children, lack of the vitamin can cause rickets (or rachitis). Rickets is a bone disorder that results in bowed legs, knock-knees, curved spines, and other abnormalities. Children with rickets have been discussed since Galen's time ( A.D. 130-200). A detailed description of rickets was provided as early as the seventeenth century. The cause of rickets, however, wasn't discovered until fairly recently.
Do all microbes cause diseases?
Majority of the microbes do not cause the disease. The disease causing microbes also, probably, keeps your species healthy and your immune system tuned.
