Rickets

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 doesnt react as strongly to sunshine as does lighter colored skin so it produces less vitamin D

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