Pilates was a sickly child, suffering from asthma, rickets, and rheumatic fever.

彼拉提斯是个体弱多病的孩子，饱受气喘、偻病、和风湿热之苦。

Ok, now vitamin D deficiency is the most common cause of both rickets and osteomalacia.

好，维生素D缺乏是引起偻病、软化症最常见的原因。

Five babies entered the study with rickets, but by the end, they all had beautifully strong bones.

研究开始时，有五个婴儿患有偻病，但到最后，他们的骼都长得很强壮。

Finally, another X-ray finding with rickets may be bowing of the legs.

最后，偻病X线下可见O型腿。

Now, X-ray imaging of rickets and osteomalacia might show signs of decreased bone mineral density or osteopenia.

偻病和软化症的X线检查，可能会有矿物质密度减低即质缺乏的征象。

In rickets, an X-ray image of the wrist and long-bone metaphysis might demonstrate metaphyseal cupping and flaring.

偻病患者腕与长的干骺端的X线检查，可能呈状或喇叭状。

And the week before that, your mother had rickets?

上上周 你妈妈得了偻病吗？

You might also read about rabies, rickets, shingles and mumps.

你也可能会看到rabies（狂犬病）， rickets（偻病），shingles（带状疱疹）和mumps（）这些单词。

Some key symptoms of rickets are craniotabes and bow legs.

偻病的主要症状包括颅软化和O型腿。

Deprived of  dietary staples such as milk meant that cases of rickets and other diet-related illnesses rose.

被剥夺了牛奶等主食意味着偻病和其他与饮食有关的疾病病例增加。

Rickets usually affects malnourished children from poor countries– children who don't have enough to eat – and it makes their bones weak.

偻病通常是那些贫穷国家没有足够食物吃的营养不良的儿童才会得的病，这种病让他们的头很脆弱。

Another X-ray finding in rickets is metaphyseal fraying, instead of the metaphyseal surface appearing smooth, it appears fuzzy and irregular.

另一个X线表现是干骺端磨损，即干骺端看起来不再光滑，变得模糊和不规则。

For example, rickets or osteomalacia can occur in chronic liver disease, due to the liver's inability to turn inactive vitamin D into 25-hydroxy-vitamin D.

例如，慢性肝病患者可能会患偻病或软化症，这是因为肝脏无法将无活性的维生素D转化为25-羟维生素D。

Without this vitamin variety, humans face deficiencies that cause a range of problems, like fatigue, nerve damage, heart disorders, or diseases like rickets and scurvy.

没有了这么多样化的维生素，人体将面临着各种各样的缺陷，会造成各种各样的健康问题比如疲劳，神经受损，心律失常或者偻病和坏血病之类的疾病。

With both rickets and osteomalacia, symptoms include diffuse bone and joint pain, proximal muscle weakness, bone fragility, and increased risk of fractures with minimal trauma.

患偻病或软化症时，会有弥漫性或关节疼痛、近端肉无力、脆，以及即使是轻微碰撞也可能导致折。

Rickets and Osteomalacia are usually diagnosed with lab tests which show abnormally low vitamin D levels in blood serum, low blood calcium, and elevated serum alkaline phosphatase.

实验室检查是诊断偻病和软化症的依据，包括血清维生素D异常降低，血钙降低、血清碱性磷酸酶升高。

There was even one child with Rickets caused by vitamin deficiency that continued to take large amounts of straight cod liver oil over a period of 101 days.

有一个患有（因维生素缺乏而引起的）偻病的孩子，连续 101 天都选择服用大剂量的鱼肝油。

Alright, as a quick recap, rickets, and osteomalacia are conditions in which bone softening occurs due to a mineral deficiency or lack of vitamin D.

好！快速回顾一下：偻病和软化症即由缺乏维生素D引起的质软化。

He focused on breathing techniques to assist with his asthma, and by exercising outside in his shorts, was able to cure his rickets which is caused by a vitamin D deficiency.

他专注于呼吸技巧以帮助改善他的气喘，借由穿着短裤在户外运动，他能够治疗因为缺乏维他命 D 所引起的偻病。

For osteomalacia and rickets, the key symptoms are diffuse bone and joint pain, proximal muscle weakness, bone fragility, and increased risk of fractures with minimal trauma.

软化症和偻病的共同症状包括弥漫性和关节痛、近端肉无力、脆，及轻微外力即可引起折。