Let's hear about how rickets – a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin D in the diet – is affecting some children in the UK. This is BBC reporter Mike Williams.

让我们听一听BBC记者迈克·威廉姆斯为我们介绍病对英国的儿童的影。病是一种因饮食中缺乏生素D而引起的疾病。

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他命 D 所引起的病。

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.

没有了这么多样的生素，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，心律失常或者病和坏血病之类的疾病。

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，慢肝病患者可能会患病或骨软症，这是因为肝脏无法将无的生素D转为25-羟生素D。

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

研究开始时，有五个婴儿患有病，但到最后，他们的骨骼都长得很强壮。

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、病、和风湿热之苦。

Treatment for both rickets and osteomalacia typically involves oral vitamin D supplementation and treating the underlying cause which could be any condition affecting the organs responsible for vitamin D activation.

病和骨软症的治疗一般包括口服补充生素D以及治疗潜在病因，即任何可能影机体生素D的情况。

Some key symptoms of rickets are craniotabes and bow legs.

病的主要症状包括颅骨软和O型腿。

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

最后，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.

病和骨软症的X线检查，可能会有骨矿物质密度减低即骨质缺乏的征象。

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：病和骨软症即由缺乏生素D引起的骨质软。

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.

骨软症和病的共同症状包括弥漫骨和关节痛、近端肌肉无力、骨脆，及轻微外力即可引起骨折。

Inspired by the work of Funk and McCollum, Mellonby found that when fed on oatmeal alone, puppies developed rickets, but when given a diet rich in cod liver oil or suet, they recovered.

受富克和麦科勒姆工作的启发，梅隆比发现，仅喂食燕麦粥的幼犬会患上病，但当给予富含鱼肝油或牛脂的饮食时，它们就会康复。

Charles developed his ability to talk later than most children, while he was a sickly infant, one who probably suffered from rickets which weakened his ankles in his youth.

查尔斯的说话能力比大多数孩子都晚，当时他还是个体弱多病的婴儿， 很可能患有病， 导致他年轻时的脚踝变得虚弱。

This was a place where peasants thought raw snails could combat rickets and bread was hung from ceilings to harden then broken with hammers and softened in milk.

这是一个农民认为生蜗牛能治疗软骨病，面包挂在天花板上晾硬，然后用锤子敲碎并在牛奶中泡软的地方。

Meanwhile, more than 800,000 patients were admitted to hospital with malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies last year, with doctors even seeing cases of scurvy and rickets.

与此同时， 去年有超过80万患者因营养不良和营养缺乏症入院治疗，医生们甚至接诊了坏血病和病的病例。

But Emma is very clearly Not a girl who's been stunted by rickets or pocked with sores and spots.

然而，埃玛显然并非那种因病而发育受阻，或被疮疖与斑点所困扰的女孩。

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。

And the week before that, your mother had rickets?

上上周 你妈妈得了病吗？

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

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