A Case of Rickets Developed after Feeding on Sunsik for Seven Months
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
;
: 1143-1146, 2003.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-99377
ABSTRACT
Rickets is a nutritional disorder which is caused either by deficiency of vitamin D or by a defective activation of vitamin D. In these days, even though the incidence of rickets has decreased through adequate nutritional support, we sometimes experience rickets in babies receiving a prolonged special diet as therapy for chronic diarrhea, or those subject to a in receiving the prolonged elimination of milk because of allergy. But there are no reports about rickets caused by absolute elimination of milk because of allergies in Korea. We report here a case of rickets developed after feeding on Sunsik(a mixture of several grain and fruits powder) during a seven months period in an 8-month-old male patient. This male infant manifested vomiting, poor feeding, decreased serum calcium and 25- hydroxycholecalciferol levels, and markedly increased serum alkaline phosphatase and parathyroid hormone levels. Skeletal X-rays showed cupping and fraying in distal metaphyses of radius and ulna, and generalized osteopenia. The patient improved with vitamin D and calcium therapy.
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Main subject:
Parathyroid Hormone
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Radius
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Rickets
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Ulna
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Vitamin D
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Vomiting
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Weaning
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Bone Diseases, Metabolic
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Edible Grain
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Calcium
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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