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RICKETS: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
The various signs and symptoms of rickets include:
- Bone pain or tenderness
- Dental deformities
- Impaired growth
- Increased bone fractures
- Muscle cramps
- Short stature
- Skeletal deformities
- Bumps in the ribcage
- Spine deformities
RICKETS: CAUSE
RICKETS: TREATMENT
The primary objective of rickets treatment is to relive symptoms and correct the cause of the condition. The cause should be treated to prevent the disease come back.
- The best treatment of rickets includes replacing calcium, phosphorus, or vitamin D that is lacking
- Eating vitamin D-rich food such as fish, liver, and processed milk
- Exposure to moderate amounts of sunlight is encouraged
- If rickets is due to a metabolic problem, doctors would suggest vitamin D supplements
- Surgery may be needed to treat some skeletal deformities
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