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Rickets ( ostemalancia )

Rickets ( ostemalancia ). Raychele White Sasha Lopez Khadeija Defoe. Rickets. A disorder caused by lack of vitamin D, calcium or phosphorous. It leads to weakness, softness of bones and deformities. Causes. Lack of vitamin D, Calcium or Phosphorous in diet

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Rickets ( ostemalancia )

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  1. Rickets (ostemalancia) Raychele White Sasha Lopez Khadeija Defoe

  2. Rickets • A disorder caused by lack of vitamin D, calcium or phosphorous. It leads to weakness, softness of bones and deformities

  3. Causes • Lack of vitamin D, Calcium or Phosphorous in diet • (Vitamin D regulates the levels of calcium and phosphorous) • Children with naturally dark skin at are most at risk. • nutritional deficiencies and disorders of the liver, kidney or small intestine • Not enough exposure of the skin to sunlight • Disorders that reduce digestion or absorption vitamin • Breast fed only children

  4. Symptoms • Painful bones, muscle weakness, cramps and spasms • Slowed growth and development • Increased risk of broken bones, including spontaneous breaks that occur by themselves without pressure or trauma • Dental problems such as teeth failing to form or being slow to emerge, deformed teeth or soft tooth enamel • Prominent forehead and a large front fontanelle (soft spot) in infants • Deformities of the skeleton such as bowed legs, kyphosis (‘hunch-back’), scoliosis (sideways curves of the spine), outward jutting breastbone or abnormal skull shape.

  5. X-ray of rickets in the skull X-ray of rickets in the legs

  6. Prevention • Sun exposure • Including vitamin D, Calcium, and Phosphorous rich foods in your diet • Early diagnosing of diseases that prevent the absorption of vitamin D

  7. Treatment • Exposure to sunlight • Improved diet that regulates the intake of calcium and vitamin D • Oral vitamin D supplements • Special forms of vitamin D supplements • for people whose bodies can’t convert vitamin D into its active form • Treatment for any underlying disorder • Surgery to correct bone deformities.

  8. Cures • If Rickets is treated as a young child there is a high chance the deformities will disappear with maturity • Treatment for rickets improve conditions in 1 week

  9. Facts • Rickets is ostemalacia in children • There is a form of hereditary rickets

  10. References • http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Rickets • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000344.htm • http://umm.edu/health/medical/ency/articles/rickets • The Skeletal and Muscular System by P. Walker and E. Wood

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