- Malnutrition and vitamin deficiency causes most cases of metabolic bone disease. This is mostly evident when you have a lack of calcium in your diet.
- Too much phosphorus in the diet turns calcium into calcium phosphate, an unusable form of calcium that leads to calcium deficiency.
- This vitamin D behaves more like a hormone that facilitates in calcium absorption and maintains normal bone functions. Lacking this vitamin will lead to calcium deficiency.
- When there's a calcium deficiency, this hormone is secreted from the parathyroid glands to work harder at maintaining a calcium in the bones, at the expense of leaving the bones weak.
- Metabolic bone disease will ultimately lead to bone deformations, including bowed legs, softness in the face, rubber-like jaws and unnatural swelling in your limbs.
- Treating metabolic bone disease involves correcting your diet, which sometimes isn't very easy with people or animals. Mostly, corrective treatment involves patience.
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