Everything You Must Know About Rickets: The Ultimate Guide

By Raymond Shirley

Rickets is a disease that affects children and is characterized by abnormally softening of the bones, which leads to a weakening of the muscles and bones as well as skeletal deformities. Rickets is a condition in which the growth plates of bones do not mineralize properly. Rickets is almost always brought on by a deficiency in vitamin D levels.
Rickets is not very frequent in the United States, despite the fact that its prevalence is growing. Typically, children who are at risk for developing soft bones have one or more risk factors that are related with low levels of vitamin D and calcium in their bodies. Children with darker skin tones need a greater amount of sunlight to produce vitamin D and are at a greater risk when their exposure to sunlight is restricted, such as during the winter months. Rickets is a condition that can also affect children who are lactose intolerant, who are exclusively breastfed, or who have a genetic disease that prevents them from properly absorbing vitamin D.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BFV2C899
• ISBN13: 9798354140985
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"