rickets
Childhood bone disease
Rickets is a childhood disease caused by vitamin D deficiency, resulting in soft, weak bones that bend and deform.
The legs may bow outward, the spine may curve, and growth is stunted.
Once common in industrial cities with little sunlight, rickets is now rare in developed countries due to fortified foods.
The child's bowed legs were a sign of rickets.
Fish-derived nutrient liquid
- fortified milkMilk with added vitamins
- calcium supplementsAdded dietary mineral tablets
- dietary deficiencyInsufficient intake of nutrients
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
breastfeeding · weaning · infant formula · fatty fish · egg yolks · fortified cereals · prevention · dairy products
Inadequate sunshine hormone levels
- bowed legsOutward-curving leg alignment
- knock kneesInward leg alignment
- calcium deficiencyInadequate calcium levels
- growth platesCartilage enabling bone lengthening
pigeon chest · spinal curvature · fractures · weakness · phosphorus · malabsorption · pediatric · childhood disease
Britain under its longest-reigning queen
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- child laborMinors performing paid work
- smogSunlight-activated urban pollution
pollution · poverty · tenements · workhouses · Dickensian · public health · sanitation · overcrowding
cod liver oil
Fish-derived nutrient liquid
- fortified milkMilk with added vitamins
- calcium supplementsAdded dietary mineral tablets
- dietary deficiencyInsufficient intake of nutrients
malnutrition · breastfeeding · weaning · infant formula · fatty fish · egg yolks · fortified cereals · prevention · dairy products · mushrooms
vitamin D deficiency
Inadequate sunshine hormone levels
- bowed legsOutward-curving leg alignment
- knock kneesInward leg alignment
- calcium deficiencyInadequate calcium levels
growth plates · pigeon chest · spinal curvature · fractures · weakness · phosphorus · malabsorption · pediatric · childhood disease · delayed growth
Victorian era
Britain under its longest-reigning queen
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- child laborMinors performing paid work
smog · pollution · poverty · tenements · workhouses · Dickensian · public health · sanitation · overcrowding · coal smoke
- Bone Diseasesosteoporosis, osteomyelitis, osteosarcoma, osteonecrosis, osteopenia
- bone disordersosteoporosis, bone fracture, broken bone, bone loss, osteopenia
- Old Ailmentsconsumption, dropsy, ague, apoplexy, phthisis
- Old-Fashioned Medicineague, apoplexy, consumption, dropsy, grippe
- skeletal disordersbrittle bone disease, hip dysplasia, bone spurs, scoliosis
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder