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2.  Rickets is a vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate deficiency that affects the bones so they become weak

3.  There will be bone pain in your legs, pelvis, spine, and in the arms  Your teeth will also be affected like getting cavities and delayed formation of the teeth  A person with rickets may be shorter than most people because their growth is delayed  Spine deformities  Muscle cramps

4.  Blood can be drawn to see if you lack serum calcium which is just calcium  An x-ray of the bones can be taken  And a urine test to test the calcium level in your body

5.  A person could have problems with absorption so then the body will not be able to absorb Vitamin D therefore you will lack it.  Nutritional, renal, and hypophosphatemic rickets are the main causes of rickets  It can be inherited through a parent, if a baby is born prematurely, has kidney diesease, or doesn’t spend that much time outside

6.  Rickets is mostly found in children 6-24 months  30% of children have it  Commonly found in African Americans, females, Mexican-Americans, & obese children

7.  Take supplements to replace the lack of calcium, phosphate, or vitamin D  Go out side in the sun everyday for about 20 minutes  Use braces to prevent or fix the bone deformities  If severe deformities occur then surgery could be needed  These treatments reduce the symptoms & fix the cause

8.  Rickets was found in the second century  Active Vitamin D is found in skin cells  Some bone deformities can be permanent if they are severe

9.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth /PMH0001384/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth /PMH0001384/  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/rickets/ DS00813 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/rickets/ DS00813  http://www.medicinenet.com/rickets/articl e.htm http://www.medicinenet.com/rickets/articl e.htm  http://www.emaxhealth.com/1020/83/3260 7/seven-out-ten-us-children-lack-enough- vitamin-d.html http://www.emaxhealth.com/1020/83/3260 7/seven-out-ten-us-children-lack-enough- vitamin-d.html  http://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0815/p629.h tml http://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0815/p629.h tml

10.  Pictures  http://diseasestreatments.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/05/Rickets-1.jpg http://diseasestreatments.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/05/Rickets-1.jpg  http://drugline.org/img/term/rickets- hypophosphatemic-12993_3.jpghttp://drugline.org/img/term/rickets- hypophosphatemic-12993_3.jpg