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Rickets Diseases
Health Encyclopedia: Rickets
Rickets is a disorder primarily caused by lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate, which leads to softening and weakening of the bones.
Alternative Names
Osteomalacia in children; Vitamin D deficiency; Renal rickets
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Expert & Community Posts
AAP Recommends Doubling Vitamin D Intake
By Jan Gambino , Health Expert...absorb vitamin D. There is growing concern about Rickets, a bone softening disease that is... Read more »
Over Age 65? Any Bone Fracture Might Indicate Osteoporosis
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...to a look at poor nutrition during childhood and rickets. Osteoporosis, Types of Trauma, and... Read more »
New Vitamin D Recommendations and Osteoporosis Prevention
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...with severe deficiency of Vitamin D, specifically rickets in children and osteomalacia in... Read more »
Vitamin D Deficiency: An Epidemic?
By Neil Gonter, MD , Health Expert...traditionally associated with severe vitamin D deficiency—rickets in children and osteomalacia... Read more »
How Much Vitamin D?
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...prevent the skeletal diseases that weaken bones, rickets in children and its adult equivalent,... Read more »
Health Guide
Bone X-ray
...Osteomalacia Paget's disease Primary hyperparathyroidism Rickets Read more »ALP (alkaline phosphatase) isoenzyme
...Paget's disease Osteoblastic bone cancers Osteomalacia Rickets Skeletal disease Anemia Rickets Leukemia Thyroid... Read more »ALP
...osteoblastic bone cancers osteomalacia Paget's disease rickets Lower-than-normal ALP levels (hypophosphatasemia) may indicate: ... Read more »Proximal renal tubular acidosis
... Some adults may need no treatment. All children need alkaline medication to prevent bone disease (rickets in particular) and to permit normal growth. The underlying cause should be corrected if... Read more »Fibrous dysplasia
...depends on the severity of the condition and associated problems. Complications Rickets Gigantism or acromegaly Cushing's disease ... Read more »Images
Vitamin D - Learn about the benefits of adequate Vitamin D intake on bone health... Read more »
Related News
Vitamin D Recommendations Doubled
November 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Vitamin D grows healthy bones and keeps them strong -- and new guidelines suggest your child may need double the amount he or... Read summary »
Kids Low on Vitamin D
August 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Seven out of 10 U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, according to a study of over 6,000 children by researchers at... Read summary »
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