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Is it possible for you to get rickets from a snake bite?
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No: Rickets is caused by vitamin d deficiency, not a snake bite.
Answered 11/20/2013
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Would think: Not! - rickets associated with lack vit d ; also lack of calcium, .
Answered 12/29/2013
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