In what four parts will people experience bone pain if they have rickets?
arms, legs, pelvis, spine
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What type of exam will help to reveal if someone has rickets and why?
A physical exam to reveal tenderness and pain in bones
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Which mineral deficiencies can cause Rickets?
Phosphate and calcium deficiencies
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How long can a bone take to repair completely?
3-9 years
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People with rickets will experience loss of what?
Loss of muscle strength/tone
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How would a calcium blood test indicate if someone has rickets or not?
If there is a calcium deficiency found in the blood it can point in the direction of rickets.
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Why is Vitamin D important to prevent Rickets?
Vitamin D regulates the calcium and phosphate release of bones
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What forms first around the broken bone?
A blood clot
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People with rickets have a higher rate/risk of bones doing what?
Fracturing
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If a low phosphorous blood test is taken and it indicates low phosphorous levels how can this point to rickets?
Phosphorous is released from our bones to make up for phosphorous deficiencies.
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What do chondroblasts do to help repair the broken bone?
Forms a collagen around the bone
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If someone has rickets what might there expected stature be?
Less than 5 feet tall
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What is ALP and where is it located?
ALP is a protein found in body tissues, higher amounts being in the liver, bile ducts, and bone
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What is the most commonly inherited form of rickets?
hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets
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What sort of skeletal deformities might someone with Rickets experience?
Odd-shaped skull, bowlegs, bumps in the ribcage, breastbone pushed forward, pelvic deformities, or spinal deformities
500
What does an Arterial Blood Gas Test do?
Measures how much oxygen and carbon dioxide in your blood
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What happens in bone remodeling?
Bone remodeling is when osteoclasts remove mineralized bone. It goes through three phases. Resorption; osteoclasts take up old bone, reversal; mononuclear cells are on the surface of the bone, and finally formation; osteoblasts lay down new bone thus remodeling it.