Vitamin D deficiency rickets

Vitamin D deficiency rickets, which is a common pediatric disease, accounts for more than 95% of total rickets. This disease is caused by systemic calcium and phosphorus metabolism disorders caused by insufficient vitamin D in the body, causing calcium salts to be unable to deposit in The growing part of the bone eventually causes bone deformity. Although rickets are rarely directly life-threatening, due to the slow onset, it is easy to be ignored. Once obvious symptoms occur, the body's resistance is low and it is easy to be complicated by other diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea, and anemia.

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