Background: In most developing countries, nutritional rickets is a major health problem. The aim of this study was to explore the magnitude of nutritional rickets among Saudi infants, and the various clinical presentations, as well as to address the possible operating risk factors behind the disease. Methods: Cross sectional study has been conducted among Infants, aged 4 – 24 months, who were seen and evaluated, at King Abdulaziz Hospital and Oncology center, pediatrics endocrine clinic in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, during the period from January 2015 to December 2016, and confirmed to have rickets were included. Conclusion: Infants under 2 years of age are liable to have vitamin D deficiency and rickets, if they are exclusively breast fed and having inadequate exposure to sunlight. Delayed introduction of complementary foods and malnutrition are also important contributing factors in nutritional rickets. Vitamin D deficiency can present with variety of symptoms other than musculoskeletal symptoms like recurrent acute respiratory, diarrhea and seizures.
Muzaffar, I. H., Abdulsubhan, M. A., Baqasi, A. M., Bawazir, O. B., Aljohani, R. M., Alfadl, Y. W. O., Alnoor, M. T. A., Atbay, A. A. G., & Sangoura, M. I. Y. (2018). Rickets among Saudi Infants in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 67(1), 491-493.
MLA
Ibrahim Hussain Muzaffar; Mashael Abdullah Abdulsubhan; Abdulrahman Mohammedsaeed Baqasi; Omar Badr Bawazir; Renad Mousa Aljohani; Yazeed Waleed O Alfadl; Mohammed Taha A Alnoor; Akram Abdulwahed G Atbay; Manar Ibrahim Y Sangoura. "Rickets among Saudi Infants in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia", The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 67, 1, 2018, 491-493.
HARVARD
Muzaffar, I. H., Abdulsubhan, M. A., Baqasi, A. M., Bawazir, O. B., Aljohani, R. M., Alfadl, Y. W. O., Alnoor, M. T. A., Atbay, A. A. G., Sangoura, M. I. Y. (2018). 'Rickets among Saudi Infants in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 67(1), pp. 491-493.
VANCOUVER
Muzaffar, I. H., Abdulsubhan, M. A., Baqasi, A. M., Bawazir, O. B., Aljohani, R. M., Alfadl, Y. W. O., Alnoor, M. T. A., Atbay, A. A. G., Sangoura, M. I. Y. Rickets among Saudi Infants in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018; 67(1): 491-493.
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