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Rickets Due to Severe Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia

Patient: Female, 22-month-old Final Diagnosis: Nutritional rickets Symptoms: Bowing of legs Medication:— Clinical Procedure:— Specialty: Pediatrics and Neonatology OBJECTIVE: Challenging differential diagnosis BACKGROUND: Rickets is the deficiency in mineralization of the bone associated with lack o...

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Autores principales: Sodri, Nurul Izzah, Mohamed-Yassin, Mohamed-Syarif, Nor, Noor Shafina Mohd, Ismail, Ilham Ameera
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Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8570386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34723934
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.934216
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author Sodri, Nurul Izzah
Mohamed-Yassin, Mohamed-Syarif
Nor, Noor Shafina Mohd
Ismail, Ilham Ameera
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Nor, Noor Shafina Mohd
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description Patient: Female, 22-month-old Final Diagnosis: Nutritional rickets Symptoms: Bowing of legs Medication:— Clinical Procedure:— Specialty: Pediatrics and Neonatology OBJECTIVE: Challenging differential diagnosis BACKGROUND: Rickets is the deficiency in mineralization of the bone associated with lack of sunlight exposure and inadequate dietary calcium and/or vitamin D in children. Important efforts to eradicate rickets include appropriate sunlight exposure advice and fortification of food and milk with vitamin D. However, there is a growing concern that the current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will increase the incidence of rickets due to inadequate sunlight exposure resulting from movement restriction measures imposed by governments across the world. CASE REPORT: A 22-month-old girl presented to our primary care clinic in Selangor, Malaysia with abnormal gait and bowing of the legs during the COVID-19 pandemic. She had a history of inadequate sun exposure as she lived in an apartment and there was a Movement Control Order in place because of the pandemic. Calcium intake was also poor as she could not tolerate formula milk and did not consume any other dairy products. Investigations revealed severe hypocalcemia and low vitamin D level. She was diagnosed with nutritional rickets and was referred for admission to correct the hypocalcemia. She was subsequently discharged with oral calcium and vitamin D supplementation. Her calcium and vitamin D levels improved and at her 6-month review, her bilateral bowed legs had improved significantly. CONCLUSIONS: This case highlights the importance of having a high degree of suspicion for vitamin D deficiency and rickets in young children growing up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health messages on preventing the spread of COVID-19 should also be interlaced with messages addressing the possible effects of our new norms such as inadequate sunlight exposure.
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spelling pubmed-85703862021-11-18 Rickets Due to Severe Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia Sodri, Nurul Izzah Mohamed-Yassin, Mohamed-Syarif Nor, Noor Shafina Mohd Ismail, Ilham Ameera Am J Case Rep Articles Patient: Female, 22-month-old Final Diagnosis: Nutritional rickets Symptoms: Bowing of legs Medication:— Clinical Procedure:— Specialty: Pediatrics and Neonatology OBJECTIVE: Challenging differential diagnosis BACKGROUND: Rickets is the deficiency in mineralization of the bone associated with lack of sunlight exposure and inadequate dietary calcium and/or vitamin D in children. Important efforts to eradicate rickets include appropriate sunlight exposure advice and fortification of food and milk with vitamin D. However, there is a growing concern that the current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will increase the incidence of rickets due to inadequate sunlight exposure resulting from movement restriction measures imposed by governments across the world. CASE REPORT: A 22-month-old girl presented to our primary care clinic in Selangor, Malaysia with abnormal gait and bowing of the legs during the COVID-19 pandemic. She had a history of inadequate sun exposure as she lived in an apartment and there was a Movement Control Order in place because of the pandemic. Calcium intake was also poor as she could not tolerate formula milk and did not consume any other dairy products. Investigations revealed severe hypocalcemia and low vitamin D level. She was diagnosed with nutritional rickets and was referred for admission to correct the hypocalcemia. She was subsequently discharged with oral calcium and vitamin D supplementation. Her calcium and vitamin D levels improved and at her 6-month review, her bilateral bowed legs had improved significantly. CONCLUSIONS: This case highlights the importance of having a high degree of suspicion for vitamin D deficiency and rickets in young children growing up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health messages on preventing the spread of COVID-19 should also be interlaced with messages addressing the possible effects of our new norms such as inadequate sunlight exposure. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2021-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8570386/ /pubmed/34723934 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.934216 Text en © Am J Case Rep, 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) )
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Nor, Noor Shafina Mohd
Ismail, Ilham Ameera
Rickets Due to Severe Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
title Rickets Due to Severe Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
title_full Rickets Due to Severe Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
title_fullStr Rickets Due to Severe Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Rickets Due to Severe Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
title_short Rickets Due to Severe Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
title_sort rickets due to severe vitamin d and calcium deficiency during the covid-19 pandemic in malaysia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8570386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34723934
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.934216
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