Rickets

Rickets causes soft, weak bones in children. It usually occurs when they do not get enough vitamin D, which helps growing bones absorb the minerals calcium and phosphorous. It can also happen when calcium or phosphorus levels are too low.Your child might not get enough vitamin D if he or sheHas dark skinSpends too little time outsideHas on sunscreen all the time when out of doorsDoesn't eat foods containing vitamin D because of lactose intolerance or a strict vegetarian dietIs breastfed without receiving vitamin D supplementsCan't make or use vitamin D because of a medical disorder such as celiac diseaseIn addition to dietary rickets, children can get an inherited form of the disease. Symptoms include bone pain or tenderness, impaired growth, and deformities of the bones and teeth. Your child's doctor uses lab and imaging tests to make the diagnosis. Treatment is replacing the calcium, phosphorus, or vitamin D that are lacking in the diet. Rickets is rare in the United States.

Disease Alternative Name

rachitis

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Dr. Anupama Roy

Pediatrics

5 yrs old child presented with respiratory distress, Asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (Jeune syndrome)?rickets

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Dr. Sanjeev Medehal

General Practice

what is it resistant rickets

A 13 yr old girl with h/o abnormal gait and lower limb deformity since 4-5yrs Treatment for Rickets at 3 and 6 yrs old ...See More

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Dr. Shajil K

Orthopaedic Surgery

Rickets : before and after treatment

Xrays of both lower limbs of a child who presented with how legs 11 months apart. Rickets follow-up after treatment.

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Dr. Anoop Kumar Modi

Pediatrics

1.5 years child with black spots on teeth. Child is bottle fed.No h/o iron intake. On examination child is anaemic. Sternum is depressed. No other signs of Rickets. Advised Hb. CBC.CRP. S.Calcium.S.phosphate Vit D3 level. X-ray wr...See More

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Dr. R. Ahmed

Dental Surgeon

14 month old boy ,no growth and normal activities.suspect for Ricketts.plz diagnose this condition.is this ricketts? ( R...See More

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Dr. Riju N

Orthopaedic Surgery

No xray changes yet Nutritional rickets usually become obvious around one and half years of age when the child is weaned off breast milk and started on regular diet This case could be onset of rickets Need clinical correlation Look for ...

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Dr. Surendra Mohan Prajapati

General Practice

Pediatrics

A boy 8 years male afraid of having bath in all season and if he bath even in summer he insists to bath with warm water. What can be the reasons? All vitals are normal. H/O rickets at the age of 2 year but now cured completely. *Chief Comp...See More

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Dr. Shailesh Rathod

Pediatrics

Counselling is important ..Rest i don't find fitting in any disease.

Dr. Ankit Hissaria

Internal Medicine

12 year old gal with knoch knees ,serum calcium-6, Vit d-3 ??rickets Kindly suggest management and diagnosis

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Lakshmi Venkata Simhachalam Kutikuppala

MBBS Student

Rickets TYPES: Nutritional Rickets Vitamin D Resistant Rickets X-linked dominant Defect in skeletal ossification Reduced serum phosphorus Vitamin D Dependent Rickets (Type I & Type II) Congenital Rickets ETIOLOGY: Nutritional rick...See More

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Lakshmi Venkata Simhachalam Kutikuppala

MBBS Student

Rickets

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