Rickets first struck the elite, who sat indoors while peasants toiled. The Industrial Revolution shifted the burden onto the ...

Background: X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) is associated with uninhibited FGF23 activity, which leads to phosphaturia, hypophosphatemia and depressed active vitamin D (1,25OH2D) levels.

The term rickets, like influenza, still retains both popular and medical uses, unlike a more exclusively medical term such as pharyngitis for sore throat. A similarly mixed popular and medical ...

The condition, known as XLH (X-linked Hypophosphatemia), can lead to rickets, an increased risk of fractures due to bone softening, muscle weakness, dental problems including abscesses and loss of ...

Rickets has become a very rare condition in the developed world ... In some cases, the degree of bowing of the legs can correspond to the severity of arthritis along the inner side of the knee joint.

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This will now be available on the NHS in England to treat XLH (X-linked Hypophosphatemia) which can lead to rickets, an increased risk of fractures due to bone softening, muscle weakness, dental ...

XLH can lead to rickets, a condition that results in weak or soft bones. Credit: CGN089 via Shutterstock. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is rolling out Kyowa Kirin’s Crysvita (burosumab) for ...

Jan. 31, 2024 — Rickets ran rife in children following the Industrial Revolution, but new research has found factory work and polluted cities aren't entirely to blame for the period's vitamin D ...

Vitamin D deficiency, affecting 1 in 4 US adults, can cause subtle symptoms like bone and joint pain, muscle weakness, teeth ...