Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of rickets can include:

• Delayed growth
• Delayed motor skills
• Pain in the spine, pelvis and legs
• Muscle weakness

Because rickets softens the areas of growing tissue at the ends of a child's bones (growth plates), it can cause skeletal deformities such as:

• Bowed legs or knock knees
• Thickened wrists and ankles
• Breastbone projection

When to see a doctor

Talk to your doctor if your child develops bone pain, muscle weakness or obvious skeletal deformities.