Question 1

which specialist should i see to treat rickets?

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Your pediatrician: Every pediatrician should feel comfortable to treat vitamin d deficient rickets (nutritional).  Unusual forms of rickets, e.g., vitamin d dependent/resistant rickets, renal rickets, malabsorption-related rickets, are generally handled by "specialists.".

Question 2

who do you see to diagnose rickets??

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Your family doctor: Your primary care doctor has truing to diagnose and treat Rickets, ,although rare at 21 .

Question 3

if i suspect my child may have rickets, can i treat it without a doctor visit? i suspect my daughter might have ricketsshe is dark-skinned, and we live in a cloudy, northern city and are vegetarians. can i just start supplementing with calcium and vitami

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There : There are different kinds of diseases and deficiencies that can cause rickets or rickets-type symptoms such as:
- vitamin d deficiency
- calcium deficiency
- phosphorus deficiency
- bone diseases such as hypophosphatasia
- jansen syndrome - a form of dwarfism that causes similar joint abnormalities seen in rickets
- vitamin d resistant rickets

because of all of these possibilities which require different treatments, you should take your daughter to her doctor it you suspect rickets.  Blood tests and x-rays can help differentiate and diagnose the cause of rickets to ensure appropriate treatment.

Question 4

are there any kids with rickets in the u.s. nowadays?

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Hard to find: Rickets requires a deficiency of vitamin D to extremely low levels.  The usual RDA of 400 u per is designed to totally prevent this condition and vit D is usually added to milk.  I imagine there are a few kids somewhere in the USA with extreme diets (enforced by well meaning parents) or with severe malabsorption problems who might have the condition.  But I have not heard of them yet.

Question 5

why did kids use to get rickets?

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They still do: Rickets is a metabolic bone disease of children which is usually the result of severe vitamin d deficiency, but can also have other causes. Vitamin d deficiency remains common, particularly with spending more time indoors and using sunscreen (which is necessary because skin damage from the sun can cause skin cancers). Please see your child's doctor for relatively new vitamin d recommendations.

Question 6

when are at risk of developing rickets?

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Most cases in kids: Rickets is a softening of the bones caused most often by vitamin d deficiency, but calcium deficiency can also be a cause. Most cases occur in children often in the setting of malnutrition. Lack of sunlight exposure has lead to an increase in incidence of rickets. The term for the adult form is osteomalacia.

Question 7

where is the common setting to contract rickets?

Accepted Answer

Low Vit D: Vitamin d or calcium deficiency can lead to rickets. These days rickets is most often seen in the setting of childhood malnutrition. Risk factors include being black (blacks require more sunlight to synthesize the proper form of vit d) and being breastfed. Other environments where it can be seen is countries where food is not supplemented with vit d and in those with very low sunlight exposure.

Question 8

what is the disease rickets? is it still common?

Accepted Answer

Very uncommon: Hi. Rickets is  pediatric disease that is now very uncommon in the US. The most common cause 100 years ago was vitamin D deficiency (milk wasn't fortified, and many people then, as now, weren't in the sun enough to manufacture their own). Now vitamin D deficiency to the point of rickets is VERY uncommon. There are genetic causes such as Vitamin D receptor mutation/deletion and others. Rare!

Question 9

what are the symptoms of rickets disease in children?

Accepted Answer

Multiple symptoms: May include the following: leg, spine and/or hip pain, poor growth, bowed legs, protruding breast bone, muscle pain, delayed walking or refusal to walk, thickened wrists/ankles, bumps along the ribs.

Question 10

can snake bites cause rickets?

Accepted Answer

No: Metabolic problems with vitamin d, phosphorus and or calcium metabolism are the origin of rickets.Whether a deficiency or abnormal handling of the materials, this complex disease has nothing to do with snake bites.

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