Prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding without vitamin D supplements is a main determinant of vitamin D deficiency rickets in children of immigrants living in Italy. Dark skin may be an adjunctive factor for the development of rickets. Early signs and symptoms of vitamin D deficiency rickets may be misleading mimicking a myopathy. In children with vitamin D deficiency rickets low doses of vitamin D are efficacious and cost-effective, and there is no indication to the administration of vitamin D active metabolites or very high doses of vitamin D in this form of rickets. Paediatricians should check if the administration of vitamin D supplements is regularly performed by parents mainly in children with an increased risk of vitamin D deficiency.

La medicina “magica” che ti rimette in piedi. Sintomi meno comuni, epidemiologia e terapia del rachitismo da deficit di vitamina D / Baroncelli, Giampiero; Laccetta, Gianluigi; Giannoni, Aurora; Massei, Francesco. - In: MEDICO E BAMBINO. - ISSN 1591-3090. - (2016).

La medicina “magica” che ti rimette in piedi. Sintomi meno comuni, epidemiologia e terapia del rachitismo da deficit di vitamina D

Laccetta, Gianluigi;
2016

Abstract

Prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding without vitamin D supplements is a main determinant of vitamin D deficiency rickets in children of immigrants living in Italy. Dark skin may be an adjunctive factor for the development of rickets. Early signs and symptoms of vitamin D deficiency rickets may be misleading mimicking a myopathy. In children with vitamin D deficiency rickets low doses of vitamin D are efficacious and cost-effective, and there is no indication to the administration of vitamin D active metabolites or very high doses of vitamin D in this form of rickets. Paediatricians should check if the administration of vitamin D supplements is regularly performed by parents mainly in children with an increased risk of vitamin D deficiency.
2016
Hypotonia; Iron deficiency anaemia; Vitamin D deficiency rickets
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La medicina “magica” che ti rimette in piedi. Sintomi meno comuni, epidemiologia e terapia del rachitismo da deficit di vitamina D / Baroncelli, Giampiero; Laccetta, Gianluigi; Giannoni, Aurora; Massei, Francesco. - In: MEDICO E BAMBINO. - ISSN 1591-3090. - (2016).
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