6. Age
Dark skin
Premature birth
Anti-seizure medications
Exclusive breast-feeding.
7. If left untreated, rickets may lead to:
Failure to grow
Abnormally curved spine
Skeletal deformities
Dental defects
Seizures
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13. vitamin D and calcium supplements
Surgical and other procedures
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15. During breast feeding give oral vitamin D
daily(400 IU drops)
Increase the activity of 1 α hydroxylase
Decreased the activity of 24 hydroxylase
16. Rocaltrol
Which is commonly used in managment of
hyperparathyriodism
Also enhances calcium absorption
17. Calderol
commonly used as hypoparathyroid agents
in some areas also used as vitamin d in the
treatment of rickets
18. PTH increases the activity of 1-α-
hydroxylase enzyme, which converts 25-
hydroxycholecalciferol to 1,25-
dihydroxycholecalciferol, the active form
of vitamin D.
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20. We can increase the production of parathroid
hormone