PPT-Prevention of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency in Alaska

Alaska Tribal Health Webinar April 9 2021 Rachel K Lescher MD sheher Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Acknowledgement I would like to acknowledge that I am speaking to you from . Dr Hasmukh Gala. SevenHills. Hospital. Calcium . 99% of calcium present in bone and teeth. Less than 1% of calcium present in blood, intracellular fluid & muscle. Serum calcium is tightly regulated. Khadezha. Rice. What is rickets?. Rickets is a vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate deficiency that affects the bones so they become weak. Symptoms of rickets. There will be bone pain in your legs, pelvis, spine, and in the arms. By Mauricio Martinez. What is rickets. In short, Rickets are a disease caused by vitamin D deficiency that causes bowed legs, fractured bones, poor digestion, thick wrists and ankles, large head and belly, deformed spine and chest, painful inflamed joints, and poor overall growth. It tends to affect dark skinned people more because dark skin doesn’t react as strongly to sunshine as does lighter colored skin, so it produces less vitamin D. Magda Sachs. Public Health , Salford. UK Recommendation to parents. recommendations. Country. Pregnant Women . Babies . UK. 400 IU (10mcg). 6-12 months . 300 IU (7.5 mcg). USA. 600 IU (15 mcg). 0-12 months. Welcome to Alaska Rainbow Lodge! Located in the heart of Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, home to some of the world’s best fishing for trophy Rainbow Trout, Arctic Char, beautiful Grayling, as well as King, Silver and Sockeye Salmon! With our fleet of lodge-owned floatplanes, we provide you access to over 30 different rivers across 3,000 square miles of the Illiamna – Katmai watershed. At the lodge, you will be pampered by our first class accommodations, full-time chefs, and personalized service. Let us show you remote Alaska the way it was meant to be seen! FLY FISHING IN ALASKA AT ALASKA RAINBOW LODGE Unit-3. DR ANIL KUMAR. assistant professor, . vcc. , . bvc. (. basu. ), . patna. VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY. Vitamin D is thought of as the “sunshine vitamin”.. The two major natural sources of vitamin D are . napthoqunone. compounds that have characteristic . antihemorrhagic. effects. Vitamin K extracted from plant material was named . phylloquinone. or vitamin K1. Vitamin K extracted from bacterial fermentation were named . C holecalciferol) - Vitamin D3 Newborn use only 202 1 ANMFconsensus grouplecalciferol (Cholecalciferol) Vitamin D3 Page of Alert Colecalciferol (Vitamin D3) is the inactiv C holecalciferol) - Vitamin D3 Newborn use only 2020 ANMF consensus g roup Co lecalciferol (Cholecalciferol) - Vitamin D3 Page 1 of 11 Alert Colecalciferol (Vitamin D3) is the inactive form of vit BREATHTAKING WILDLIFE NEAR ALASKA RAINBOW LODGE PG(Medicine) Dept. of . vcc. , . bvc. Metabolic . bone diseases, . a pathological . conditions affecting multiple . bones and commonly caused by:. Genetic. . N. utritional and/or. Hormonal . abnormalities. Dr. . Aamena. Zaidi. Assistant Professor. Department of Nutrition Science. School of Health Science. What is a Vitamin?. Vitamins are a group of essential nutrients that the human body requires for normal cell function, development and growth, and for maintaining overall proper health. . Unit-3. Dr. Anil Kumar. Assistant Professor, VCC, BVC, BASU,PATNA. Rickets is a disease of young growing animals caused by impaired mineralization of . physeal. and . epiphyseal. cartilage during .