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[[Image:XrayRicketsLegssmall.jpg|thumb|left|[[Radiograph]] of a two-year old rickets sufferer, with a marked [[genu varum]] (bowing of the [[femur]]s) and decreased bone [[opacity]], suggesting poor [[bone mineralization]].|right]] | [[Image:XrayRicketsLegssmall.jpg|thumb|left|[[Radiograph]] of a two-year old rickets sufferer, with a marked [[genu varum]] (bowing of the [[femur]]s) and decreased bone [[opacity]], suggesting poor [[bone mineralization]].|right]] | ||
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Long-term consequences include permanent bends or disfiguration of the long bones, and a [[Scoliosis|curved back]]. | Long-term consequences include permanent bends or disfiguration of the long bones, and a [[Scoliosis|curved back]]. | ||
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Overview
History
Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of rickets include:
- Bone pain or tenderness
- dental problems
- muscle weakness (rickety myopathy or "floppy baby syndrome")
- increased tendency for fractures (easily broken bones), especially greenstick fractures
- Skeletal deformity
- Toddlers: Bowed legs (genu varum)
- Older children: Knock-knees (genu valgum) or "windswept knees"
- Cranial, spinal, and pelvic deformities
- Growth disturbance
- Hypocalcemia (low level of calcium in the blood), and
- Tetany (uncontrolled muscle spasms all over the body).
- Craniotabes (soft skull)
- Costochondral swelling (aka "rickety rosary" or "rachitic rosary")
- Harrison's groove
- Double malleoli sign due to metaphyseal hyperplasia [2]
An X-ray or radiograph of an advanced sufferer from rickets tends to present in a classic way: bow legs (outward curve of long bone of the legs) and a deformed chest. Changes in the skull also occur causing a distinctive "square headed" appearance. These deformities persist into adult life if not treated.
Long-term consequences include permanent bends or disfiguration of the long bones, and a curved back.