CRI Voices:英国软骨病新研究 (1)

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Toby Ault
Kathryn
Professor Nicholas Clarke
orthopedic surgeon at Southampton General Hospital

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Rickets was once a shameful disease,a sign of poverty, a poor diet and cramped and unhealthy living conditions. It was common in the early 20th century but had since almost completely disappeared from Britain.
But as a result of modern lifestyles, more and more cases of rickets are emerging across the country.
A lack of exposure to sunlight can lead to a vitamin D deficiency, preventing the body from absorbing enough calcium. A lack of calcium causes the disease.
4-year-old Toby Ault has rickets , not because of poverty but, as his mum Kathryn says, because they look after him too well:
"It's quite surprising but it does make sense because we do drive a lot of places, so he's not really exposed as much as he perhaps should be. And you do, you slap sun cream all over your children because you're told to, that's drummed into you. So, he does wear high factor ."
Research has shown a big increase in the number of cases in recent years.
A recent study carried out by Professor Nicholas Clarke, a consultant orthopedic surgeon at Southampton General Hospital, discovered that 479 cases of rickets were recorded in 2009 compared to 185 cases in 2001.