Rickets

Background

• Preventable condition in infants and children that is attributed to Vitamin D deficiency
• Extreme deficiency leading to decrease bone mineralization in children, with or without hypocalcemia
• Risk factors for Vitamin D deficiency in infants include:
  • Exclusive breastfed infants without vitamin D supplementation
  • Dark skin pigmentation
  • Maternal Vitamin D deficiency
    • In utero, 25-hydroxyvitamin D passes through the placenta to the infant