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Can humans catch rickets from reptiles?
No. You get rickets from a deficiency in vitamins, because you are not eating the correct food.
What nutrient is required to help prevent rickets?
if we don't eat any calcium in our life it will cause rickets
Why is rickets a common disease in many third world countries?
Rickets is a result of malnutrition. Hence it is common where food is of poor quality and quantity.
What bone disease is called by the lack of calcium in the diet?
Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
Where can you get Rickets?
how do u get rickets
Are rickets caused by microbes?
No, rickets is not caused by microbes. Rickets is caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium or phosphate.
Which country is rickets most common in?
Rickets is caused by Vitamin D or calcium deficiency. It can affect people anywhere and of any age, but it mainly affects children in developing countries.
What has the author John Rickets written?
John Rickets has written: 'John Rickets, Byrsa Basilica Sive Regale Excambium'
Do microbes cause rickets?
Rickets is not a microbe. Rickets is a disease caused by the deficiency of Vitamin D, which is an essential vitamin (that is it is not produced by the body). Body gets vitamin D when sunlight falls on the skin.
What do you eat when you have rickets?
Egg, Orange juice, Milk, Cereal, Beef, Cod liver oil (vitamin D foods)
What nutrient will result in rickets?
Whish mineral deficiency may result in rickets
How is rickets diagnosed?
Rickets is diagnosed by x-ray examination of leg bones
