Learn More about Rickets
- Rickets can be occasionally caused in children with disorders of the liver or biliary (liver secretion) system, when fats and vitamin D are inadequately absorbed or when the vitamin D is not converted to its active form.
Renal osteodystrophy is a condition that occurs in people with chronic renal failure. The manifestation is virtually identical to that of rickets in children, and that of osteomalacia or osteoporosis in adults.- Rickets may be avoided by maintaining an adequate intake of calcium, phosphorous, and vitamin D. This may require dietary supplements in people with associated gastrointestinal or other disorders.
- Renal causes of vitamin D should be treated promptly. Levels of calcium and phosphorous should be monitored regularly in people with renal disorders.
- Some indications or signs of the disease revealed in the tests for diagnosis
- Serum calcium and serum phosphorus may below.
- Serum alkaline phosphatase may be high.
- Arterial blood gases may reveal metabolic acidosis.
- The incidence of rickets has gone down considerably in the recent years due to the increase in fortified foods. However, it is still prevalent in many developing countries.
