Rickets Disease Information - symptoms, picture, Treatment of Rickets Disease

Rickets Disease Information

Rickets was probably the first childhood disease caused by environmental pollution. Rickets is a severe and prolonged vitamin D deficiency that leads to softening and weakening of the bones in children. Rickets occurs when the metabolites of vitamin D are deficient. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and phosphate, which children need to build strong bones. Rickets is the name used when it occurs in children whereas osteomalacia is the term used for adults. Rickets is defined as the failure of osteoid to calcify in a growing person or animal.

Rickets Disease symptoms

Signs and symptoms of rickets include:

• Bowed legs
• Leg fractures
• Impaired growth
• aches and pains
• visible enlargement of bones at joints, such as the wrists.

Diagnoses of Rickets

A doctor may diagnose rickets by:

• Blood tests to measure calcium and phosphorus levels
• X-rays of affected bones