Rickets in Rural Kenyan Preschoolers: Case report
Date
2008Author
Neumann, CG
Bwibo, NO
Nyawade, S
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Clinical rickets has not been reported previously in Embu district, Kenya. Baseline clinical assessments performed for a nutrition intervention study in preschool children (n=324) identified 28 cases of rickets (8.6% of study sample). Clinical characteristics included: delays of sitting, walking, and teething; bone and chest deformities; widened wrists and ankles; and bowed lower extremities. Risk factors identified were short duration of breastfeeding with feeding of cereal-based supplements with little or no milk, low calcium intake, limited sunlight exposure. Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies likely contributed to these cases. Treatment with Vitamin D3 and milk resulted in
clinical improvement.
Citation
East African Medical Journal.Vol 90, No 3 (2013)Publisher
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi
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