Ask a 'Rickets Specialist' Online

A skeletal disorder caused by the lack of vitamin D, calcium, and phosphate is called rickets. Vitamin D, calcium, and phosphate are essential for the healthy development of bones. The symptoms of rickets include tenderness of the bones, stunted growth, frequent bone fractures, muscle cramps, teeth and skeletal deformities like bowlegs, protruding breastbone, curved spine, pelvic deformities, delayed tooth formation, and porous enamel. Rickets is common in children, people whose diet lacks vitamin D, dark-skinned people, people living in places with less sun exposure, and it can also be inherited. The treatment aims at replacing the missing vitamin and minerals in the body. Give your child food rich in vitamin D like fish, liver, and eggs.