Rickets Research Paper

There are multiple types of rickets. There is nutritional rickets, hypophosphatemic rickets and renal rickets. I will be talking about nutritional rickets. Nutritional rickets is caused by a vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is essential in the formation of bones and teeth. Rickets most commonly affects small children who aren't fed a proper diet, are overly breastfed, or are kept from sun exposure.

Signs and symptoms of "rickets include bone pain or tenderness, dental deformities, delayed formation of teeth, decreased muscle strength, impaired growth, short stature, and a number of skeletal deformities, including abnormally shaped skull (craniotabes), bowlegs, rib-cage abnormalities (rachitic rosary), and breastbone, pelvic, and spinal