BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. Rickets is the softening and weakening of bones in children, usually because of an extreme and prolonged vitamin D deficiency. Rare inherited problems also can cause rickets. Vitamin D helps your child’s body absorb calcium and phosphorus from food.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lack of vitamin D and calcium The most common cause of rickets is a lack of vitamin D or calcium in a child’s diet. Both are essential for children to develop strong and healthy bones.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nutritional rickets: This is usually caused by not taking in enough vitamin D, which your body uses to absorb calcium. Some of the causes of this deficiency include: Insufficient exposure to sunlight (which helps your body make its own vitamin D). Lack of vitamin D in your child’s diet.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most common cause of Vitamin D deficiency is lack of proper nutrition. It can also be due to genetic disorders, but this is rare. The disorders are 25-hydroxylase deficiency, 1-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency and hereditary resistance to vitamin D.