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Rickets
Also called: Rachitis
Rickets causes soft, weak bones in children. It usually occurs when they do not get enough vitamin D, which helps growing bones absorb important nutrients. Vitamin D comes from sunlight and food. Your skin produces vitamin D in response to the sun's rays. Some foods also contain vitamin D, including fortified dairy products and cereals, and some kinds of fish. Your child might not get enough vitamin D if he or she
- Has dark skin
- Spends too little time outside
- Has on sunscreen all the time when out of doors
- Doesn't eat foods containing vitamin D because of lactose intolerance or a strict vegetarian diet
- Is breastfed without receiving vitamin D supplements
- Can't make or use vitamin D because of a medical disorder such as celiac disease
In addition to dietary rickets, children can get an inherited form of the disease.
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Rickets: What It Is and How It's Treated(American Academy of Family Physicians)
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- Rickets(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Bone Scan: Using Nuclear Medicine to Find Bone Abnormalities(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Vitamin D Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
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Vitamin D
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- Vitamin D Deficiency Clinical Report: Patient FAQs(American Academy of Pediatrics)
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- Hypophosphatemic Rickets(Merck & Co., Inc.)
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Renal Osteodystrophy(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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Renal Osteodystrophy
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Rickets(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Rickets
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References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Non-crystalline and crystalline rheumatic disorders in chronic kidney disease.
- Article: Rickets: an overview and future directions, with special reference to...
- Article: Disease: a warning from history.
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