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Yes, Rickets still does exist yet is not as common any more.
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Is rickets a life threatening?
Rickets is not a fatal disease but if it is not corrected while children are still growing, skeletal deformities and short stature may be permanent.
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
What diseases of ancient times are still treated today?
Malaria, measles, polio, rickets, leprosy, and also river blindness still exist in some parts of the world today.
Why rickets affects children?
A deficiency in vitamin D, responsible for regulating the concentration of calcium and phosphates in the blood, leads to reduction in bone mineral density. In childrens bones, which are still growing, this leads to rickets. In some cases rickets can be caused by calcium deficiency.
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.
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