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Vitamin D is necessary for normal bone growth. Deficiency of vitamin D can lead to rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. It is difficult to reach the recommended daily dose of vitamin D in children without cod liver oil or other vitamin D supplementation. Several cases of rickets have been...

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Main Authors: Harpa Kristinsdottir, Soffía Jónasdottir, Sigurður Björnsson, Pétur Lúðvígsson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: Læknafélag Íslands, Læknafélag Reykjavíkur 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/146792
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Summary:Vitamin D is necessary for normal bone growth. Deficiency of vitamin D can lead to rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. It is difficult to reach the recommended daily dose of vitamin D in children without cod liver oil or other vitamin D supplementation. Several cases of rickets have been diagnosed in Iceland the past few years. Studies suggest a worldwide increase in the prevalence of the disorder. We report on a girl who was diagnosed with rickets at the age of 27 months. She received inadequate amounts of vitamin D supplementation in the form of AD drops and cod liver oil. Because of food allergy she was on a restricted diet which limited her intake of dietary vitamin D. After diagnosis, she received a high-dose vitamin D therapy (Stoss therapy) which corrected the deficiency. Key words: rickets, food allergy, vitamin D. D-vítamín er mikilvægt fyrir eðlilegan beinvöxt og getur skortur leitt til beinkramar í börnum og beinmeyru í fullorðnum. Mikilvægasti D-vítamíngjafi á Íslandi er lýsi en erfitt er að ná ráðlögðum dagsskammti D-vítamíns án lýsis eða annars D-vítamíngjafa. Allmörg tilfelli beinkramar hafa greinst hér á landi á undanförnum árum en erlendar rannsóknir sýna að sjúkdómurinn er vaxandi vandamál um allan heim. Hér er sagt frá stúlku sem greindist með beinkröm 27 mánaða gömul. Hún var á brjósti í tæpt ár og fékk D-vítamínviðbót með AD-dropum og þorskalýsi en ekki í nægilegu magni. Fæðuofnæmi gerði það að verkum að hún nærðist á einhæfu fæði sem innihélt takmarkað D-vítamín. Eftir greiningu var hafin háskammta D-vítamínmeðferð (Stoss meðferð) sem leiðrétti skortinn.