Rickets Chrenny

Rickets is a disease characterized by metabolic imbalance, disturbance of mineral and vitamin metabolism, dysfunction of the central nervous system and mainly damage to the bone skeleton - impaired bone growth and deformation. The main cause of rickets is insufficient ultraviolet radiation coupled with a lack of a number of vitamins and microelements, primarily vitamin D and calcium salts. The disease is most pronounced in children aged 6 months to 3 years.

A special group of diseases is combined rickets (Hutchinson's rickets), which develops on the basis of hypofunction of the endocrine glands and deficiency of phosphorus, vitamin D, and other factors. The clinical manifestations and course of rickets depend on the nature of the metabolic disorders of mineral salts and vitamins, the characteristics of the pituitary-adrenal system, infectious and allergic diseases. In addition, it is necessary to take into account local characteristics - climatic conditions, geochemical features of the soil, diets, breastfeeding