softening of the bones in adults is known as osteomalacia.
softening of the bones in adults is known as osteomalacia.
softening of the bones in adults is known as?
osteomalacia
a diet deficient in vitamin d in conjunction with inadequate sun exposure causes osteomalacia (or rickets when it occurs in children), which is a softening of the bones. in the developed world, this is a rare disease. however, vitamin d deficiency has become a worldwide problem in the elderly and remains common in children and adults. low blood calcifediol (25-hydroxy-vitamin d) can result from avoiding the sun. deficiency results in impaired bone mineralization and bone damage which leads to bone-softening diseases, including rickets and osteomalacia. being deficient in vitamin d can cause intestinal absorption of dietary calcium to fall to 15%. when not deficient, an individual usually absorbs between 60-80%.
vitamin d
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red softening is one of the three types of cerebral softening. as its name suggests, certain regions of cerebral softening result in a red color. this is due to a hemorrhagic infarct, in which blood flow is restored to an area of the brain that was previously restricted by an embolism. this is termed a "red infarct" or also known as red softening.
cerebral softening