Rickets (Osteomalacia, Soft Bones)

What is it?

When one has soft and weak bones that can lead to deformities e.g. curve of spine (hunch back, bent legs).

It is more common in darker skinned people as they need more sunlight to produce Vitamin D.

Cause

Hypophosphatemia (low phosphate levels in blood)
Hypophosphatasia
Any underlying disease (that affects absorption of vitamins and minerals)
Kidney disease
Liver disease
Bowel disease
Stomach ulcers
Primary distal renal tubular acidosis
Crohn’s disease
Ulcerative colitis
Food intolerance
Celiac disease
Inherited from parents (genetic)
Generalized arterial calcification (infants)
Autosomal recessive hypophosphatemic rickets type 1 (ARHR1)
Autosomal recessive hypophosphatemic rickets type 2 (ARHR2)
Jansen type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia
Tyrosinemia type I

Syndromes

Vitamins, herbals and minerals

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Symptoms

Joint stiffness and pain?
Sore bone pain?
Thick ankles or wrists?
‘Pigeon chest’ where breast bone sticks out?
Poor growth and development?
Brittle, soft weak bones, dental problems and/or prone to fractures or curved/bone legs and/or curved spine?
Aching, painful muscles, muscle cramps/spasms/stiffness?
Walking difficulties?
General discomfort (muscle weakness), uneasiness or ill feeling (malaise) and/or fatigue (tiredness)?

Complications /Information to beware of/General tips:

Do not wait, phone for an ambulance if have or develop:

Cardiomyopathy

This condition may show similar symptoms to:

Antley-Bixler syndrome
Campomelic syndrome
Dominant multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Hypophosphatemic rickets
- Family history condition
- Kidney dysfunction – not regulating phosphate as it should, too much phosphate lost via urine
- Benign tumor and referred to as tumour-induced osteomalacia
Hypophosphatasia
Fanconi’s syndrome
- Kidney dysfunction-not regulating phosphate as it should and causing hypophosphatemic (low phosphate in the blood due to too much phosphate lost via urine ) rickets
Hereditary hyperphosphatasia
Hypochrondroplasia
Lowe’s syndrome
McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia
Melnick-Needles syndrome
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia (Schmid type)
Neurofibromatosis 1 (von Recklinghausen’s disease)
Ollier disease
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteopetrosis
Otopalatodigital syndromes type I and II
Paget’s disease
Renal (kidney) glycosuria
Shprintzen Goldberg syndrome
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Stuve Wiedemann syndrome
Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome
Weismann-Netter-Stuhl syndrome

Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice

Detailed Information

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