Rickets is a bone deformity caused by low levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood due to poor nutrition or lack of vitamin D. Arthritis is a disease of the joints that causes pain, stiffness, and swelling, and can cripple its victims. Osteoporosis is a disease where bone tissue is lost, bones become thinner and can disappear, resulting in extremely weak and fragile bones throughout the skeleton that can fracture from minor injuries.

1. COMMON DISEASES/
DISORDERS OF THE
BONES

2. Diseases of the bones
affect the connecting
tissues or joints. Some
directly affect both the
young children and adult.

3. Rickets
Rickets is a deformity caused
by a nutritional disorder. It is
caused by low levels of calcium
and phosphorus in the blood.
This may be due to poor
nutrition or lack in vitamin D.

5. Arthritis
A disease of the joints. Victims
of arthritis suffer pain, stiffness
and swelling in their joints. Many
people are crippled by arthritis.
The chief form of arthritis are
osteoarthritis and rheumatoid
arthritis.

7. Osteoporosis
A disease resulting in a loss of a
bone tissue. The bone loses calcium
becomes thinner, and may disappear
altogether. It usually takes year to
develop. It results in extremely weak
and fragile bones throughout the
skeleton. It symptoms is a fractured
bone from a minor blow or fall.