Patient's question:
My cousin's child was carefully diagnosed with hypophosphatemic rickets a few days ago. We are all very worried. Now my aunt has accompanied the child to the hospital for treatment. I want to know if this disease can be cured and how much money it will cost to treat it.Doctor's answer:
Rickets due to vitamin D deficiency is a common childhood disease, a chronic nutritional disorder, accounting for 95% of all cases of rickets. This disease is caused by systemic disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism due to vitamin D deficiency in children, so calcium salts typically do not deposit in the growing part of the bones, ultimately leading to skeletal deformities. Its main feature is incomplete mineralization of the long bones or bone tissue, or osteomalacia, most commonly occurring in children under the age of 2.