RICKETS IN CHILDREN, CLINIC AND DIAGNOSTICS, MEETING TIMES
Keywords:
rickets, vitamin D, osteoporosisAbstract
Infant rickets is a disease that has existed since time immemorial, the most common among young children. In young children, rickets causes skeletal deformities and disrupts all types of metabolism, which significantly worsens the course of other diseases. In preschool and school age, hypovitaminos is D manifests itself in the form of muscle hypotension, insufficient mineralization and softening of tubular bones, and in adults-in the form of osteoporosis.