File:Child suffering from rickets.jpg
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English: This child is suffering from malnutrition and has manifested symptoms of the disease Nutritional Rickets. Note the bowed legs and enlarged right wrist. Nutritional Rickets is a condition in which children's bones are too soft, and do not develop properly due to a deficiency of vitamin D.
Deutsch: Dieses Kind leidet unter Mangelernährung und zeigt manifeste Symptome einer Rachitis. Beachte die gebogenen Beine und die aufgetriebenen Handgelenke. Rachitis ist eine Krankheit, bei der Kinder aufgrund eines Vitamin-D-Mangel eine gestörte Knochenentwicklung erleiden. |
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| Source | http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp ID#: 2435 US Department of Health and Human Services |
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