Common Symptoms Of Rickets

Muscle Weakness

The muscles of a patient with rickets don’t undergo the contractions or have the range of movement of normal muscles. This results in muscle weakness that may present as the patient not being able to perform tasks that come easily to healthy individuals, such as opening a jar or picking up a relatively lightweight object with one hand. With rickets, the muscles are weak because the bones of the skeleton are weak. The muscles are also poorly developed. Doctors will recommend not only vitamin D supplements for the child but also exposure to sunlight. The sun's ultraviolet rays stimulate the body to produce its own vitamin D, one of the vitamins the body can make on its own.