Vitamins & Minerals

Comparision of Response of Oral Versus Injectible Vitamin D in Children Having Rickets

Abstract

 Rabia Mazari

Malnutrition is one of the major issues around the world. According to one estimation, it is stated that one of three children daily die from malnutrition in all over the world. Rickets is one of the most prevalent metabolic bone diseases in children. Proper diet and treatment can help in prevention of rickets. Rickets is a bone disorder due to deficiency of vitamin D. The level of vitamin D tells the severity of nutritional rickets as vitamin D is the major factor of this disease. There were no undesirable side effects observed in either group of children and both oral and injectable forms of treatment were well-tolerated. Cost of oral and injectable vitamin-D was almost same.