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Vitamin-D deficiency rickets, a disorder that becomes apparent during infancy or childhood, is the result of insufficient amounts of vitamin D in the body. The vitamin deficiency may be caused by poor nutrition, a lack of exposure to the sun, or malabsorption syndromes in which the intestines do not adequately absorb nutrients from foods. Vitamin D is needed for the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus in the body, which, in turn affects how calcium is deposited in the bones; thus it is considered essential for proper bone development and growth. Major symptoms of vitamin D deficiency rickets include bone disease, restlessness, and slow growth. This disorder is rare in the United States but is not uncommon in certain areas of the world.

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A condition of rickets is associated with a deficiency in which vitamin?

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Anaemia is a deficiency of iron, night blindness is a deficiency if vitamin A and rickets is a deficiency of vitamin D.


Why do you get rickets?

It is from a Vitamin D deficiency.


Do microbes cause rickets?

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What disease is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin D?

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What happens if you don't realize you have vitamin d deficiency?

You could get a disease called rickets if you have a Vitamin D deficiency.


Irregular growth and teeth?

Vitamin D deficiency. Rickets.


Why do animals get rickets?

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Rickets in children is caused by?

A severe or prolonged deficiency of Vitamin D


A vitamin D deficiency can cause this abnormal metabolic bone disease?

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


Is rickets a vitamin d deficiency?

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