Patient's question:
The child is in primary school this year but looks like only eight or nine years old compared to peers. The trace element test results show a lack of calcium and iron. It is said that teenagers can also suffer from renal rickets. What are the symptoms of renal rickets?Doctor's answer:
Renal rickets, also known as vitamin D deficiency rickets, is a systemic, chronic, nutritional disease characterized by bone inflammation, caused by the inability of vitamin D in infants, children, and adolescents to promote calcium and phosphorus metabolism. In renal rickets, blood phosphorus levels are typically decreased. Rickets, also known as vitamin D deficiency rickets, is more common in infancy and is a disease that leads to poor bone fibrosis due to vitamin D deficiency causing disturbances in phosphorus metabolism. The onset of rickets is slow and is not easily noticed.