Osteomalacia

Osteomalacia (osteomalacia), a type of osteomalacia, is an adult's rickets. It is mainly manifested by osteomalacia, osteoid tissue hyperplasia, and skeletal deformities. Also known as chondropathy. The etiology is mostly vitamin D and calcium and phosphorus deficiency (such as malnutrition, lack of sunlight, depletion of bone calcium and phosphorus reserves caused by repeated pregnancy and breastfeeding), and a few cases are renal tubular disease or enzyme deficiency, liver disease, anticonvulsants, etc. To. Early manifestations of backache, leg pain, inconvenience of movement, bone tenderness, tension of two adductor muscles, bone decalcification and osteoporosis after a long period of time, under the pressure of weight and traction of muscles and ligaments, bone deformities can occur in pregnant women, osteomalacia Congenital rickets can occur in babies born. In the past, the disease was more common in women in the cold and impoverished areas of the north. It was a serious obstetrical complication, and it was difficult to deliver due to pelvic deformities. Fractures can occur. Neurological symptoms include convulsions, numbness of the limbs, and so on. The disease is rare today and the diagnosis is not difficult. Those caused by nutritional factors can be cured by improving diet and supplementing vitamin D and calcium, but the skeletal deformities that have formed cannot be recovered. Customs can be improved by increasing outdoor activities and improving nutritional status. Treatment for other causes is different.

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