| Deficiency:
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| | rickets as a menace to child health is
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| (1) Rickets: Vitamin D deficiency leads
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| | overshadowed by the prevalence of protein
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| to rickets, which is usually observed in
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| | energy malnutrition.
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| young children between the age of six
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| | Prevention: Preventive measures include
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| months and two years. There is reduced
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| | (a) Educating parents to expose their
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| calcification of growing bones. The
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| | children regularly to sunshine;
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| disease is characterized by growth
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| | (b) Periodic dosing (prophylaxis) of
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| failure, bone deformity, muscular
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| | young children with vitamin D; and
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| hypotonia, tetany and convulsions due to
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| | vitamin D fortification of foods,
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| hypo-calcemia. There is an elevated
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| | especially milk. Some industrialized
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| concentration of alkaline phosphates in
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| | countries still carry out the last
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| the serum. The bony deformities include
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| | measure. Periodic dosing and education
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| curved legs, deformed pelvis, pigeon
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| | appear to be the most practical
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| chest, Harrison's sulcus, rickety rosary,
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| | approaches in developing countries.
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| kyphoscoliosis, etc. The milestones of
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| | Fraser urges caution concerning oral
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| development such as walking and teething
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| | supplementation, because orally
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| are delayed.
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| | administered vitamin D appears to bypass
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| (2) Osteomalcia. In adults, vitamin D
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| | the protective mechanism the prevent
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| deficiency may result in osteomalacia,
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| | excessive 25 (OH) D 3 formation. The
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| which occurs mainly in women, especially
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| | margin of safety with oral vitamin D
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| during pregnancy and lactation when
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| | between the nutrient requirement and
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| requirements of vitamin D are increased.
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| | toxic intake is narrow. The signs of
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| Both rickets and osteomalacia are
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| | vitamin d toxicity are usually related to
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| frequently reported in India, although
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| | hypercalcemia, like thirst, anorexia,
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| they do not appear to be a problem of
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| | polyuria and the risk of metastic
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| public health importance. In the world as
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| | calcification.
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| a whole, their prevalence has declined as
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| a result of changes in social customs
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| | vitamin, vitamin c, health food vitamin,
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| (e.g., purdah system), and the expansion
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| | vitamin b12, vitamin supplement, vitamin
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| of mother and children health services
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| | world, vitamin e, vitamin d, vitamin b,
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| leading to better care and feeding of
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| | vitamin k, vitamin a, liquid vitamin,
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| infants and children
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| | vitamin b complex, vitamin and mineral,
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| (3). In the developing countries today,
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| | multi vitamin.
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