Rickets-Rickets - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic Overview Rickets is the softening and weakening of bones in children, often because of an extreme and prolonged vitamin D or calcium deficiency Rare inherited problems also can cause rickets Vitamin D helps a child's body absorb calcium and phosphorus from food
Pagets disease of bone - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic Overview Paget's (PAJ-its) disease of bone interferes with your body's normal recycling process, in which new bone tissue gradually replaces old bone tissue Over time, bones can become fragile and misshapen The pelvis, skull, spine and legs are most commonly affected
Pediatric Metabolic Bone Disorders Clinic - Mayo Clinic Childrens Mayo's Pediatric Metabolic Bone Disorders Clinic provides comprehensive and coordinated care for children and teenagers with all types of skeletal diseases, including complex and rare conditions
Osteoporosis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Osteoporosis affects people of all races But women who are white or of Asian descent, especially older women who are past menopause, are at highest risk Medicines, healthy diet and weight-bearing exercise can help prevent bone loss or strengthen already weak bones
Osteomyelitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Overview Osteomyelitis is an infection in a bone It can affect one or more parts of a bone Infections can reach a bone through the bloodstream or from nearby infected tissue Infections also can begin in the bone if an injury opens the bone to germs
Hypophosphatasia: Clinical updates and therapeutic advances Severely hypomineralized bone is seen in patients with the perinatal and infantile forms of the disease Those with childhood HPP exhibit metaphyseal changes of rickets and bands of radiolucency extending from the growth plate into the metaphysis