Rickets and its incidence in Madhya Pradesh

Conclusions

• 1. Rickets is not common in this part of the country, contrary to the popular belief. Many cases labelled as rickets are in reality cases of mal-nutrition in different phases and some are marasmic cases due to chronic intestinal and respiratory disorders of infancy.

• 2. Vitamin D, is many a times, misused in general practice. It should not be administered indiscriminately in all low conditions of children.

• 3. Congenital rickets and rickety diathess are seen.

• 4. Defective nutrition and substandard environments are definite contributory factors in infantile rickets.

• 5. Vitamin D deficiency is not the main missing factor of rickets in tropics.