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A patient is generally advised to specially take exposure to sun to prevent:
A patient is generally advised to specially take exposure to sun to prevent:
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The correct option is A Rickets
B. RicketsReason: Vitamin D deficiency is a major public health Issue worldwide in all age groups causing adverse effects on skeletal health and other health consequences. Inadequate amounts of vitamin D is most commonly associated with rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults, where bones soften and loose integrity. Cutaneous production of vitamin D is a very common source. Solar ultraviolet B photons are absorbed by 7-dehydrocholesterol, present in the skin, which leads to its transformation to provitamin D3, which is rapidly converted to vitamin D3. So the correct answer is B.
B. Rickets
Reason: Vitamin D deficiency is a major public health Issue worldwide in all age groups causing adverse effects on skeletal health and other health consequences. Inadequate amounts of vitamin D is most commonly associated with rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults, where bones soften and loose integrity. Cutaneous production of vitamin D is a very common source. Solar ultraviolet B photons are absorbed by 7-dehydrocholesterol, present in the skin, which leads to its transformation to provitamin D3, which is rapidly converted to vitamin D3. So the correct answer is B.
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