RICKETS

WHAT IS RICKETS?

• Disease that weakens bones
• Affects all bones
• Caused by the lack of vitamin D
• Which stops calcium from being made

WHO DOSE IT AFFECT?

• Children
• With darker skin
• Live in darker or cloud covered areas
• Have a lack of vitamin D and/or calcium in their diet

WHAT DOSE IT DO?

• Rickets stops bones from forming properly
• Makes them weak
• More likely to to bend
• More likely to be fractured

SYMPTOMS AND AFFECTS

• Bone pain
• Bone tenderness
• Soft skull
• Knock knees
• Bone deformities
• Affects walking
• Using hands

HOW TO FIX IT

• Increase the amount of vitamin D in diet
• More sunlight
• Cast to put bones back in place
• More calcium in diet