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You should see a General Physician, Paediatrician or an Orthopaedic Surgeon if surgery is required to correct any deformities. Is Osteomalacia different from rickets?

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You should see a General Physician, Paediatrician or an Orthopaedic Surgeon if surgery is required to correct any deformities. Is Osteomalacia different from rickets?

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Rickets and osteomalacia though similar in many respects are also dissimilar in a few. Rickets and osteomalacia are different manifestations of the same underlying pathologic process, depending on whether the patient is a child or an adult. Rickets is a disease of childhood, while osteomalacia (softening of bones) is of adult life. The former is present while bones are being constructed, while the latter is only found after bones are formed. The demarcation is made at the time of closure of the growth plates.

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