Too much or too little thyroid hormone can make your periods very light, heavy, or irregular. Thyroid disease also can cause your periods to stop for several months or longer, a condition called amenorrhea. If your body's immune system causes thyroid disease, other glands, including your ovaries, may be involved. This can lead to early menopause (before age 40). Problems getting pregnant. When thyroid disease affects the menstrual cycle, it also affects ovulation. This can make it harder for you to get pregnant. Problems during pregnancy.
rickets is a nutritional disorder that can develop if you do not get enough vitamin d calcium or phosphate rickets leads to poor functioning of a bone s growth plate growing edge softened and weakened bones stunted growth and in severe cases skeletal deformities
It is caused by a lack of vitamin D and calcium and can usually be easily treated. Rickets causes the bones to become painful, soft and weak. This leads to deformities of the skeleton, such as bowed legs, curvature of the spine and thickening of the ankles, wrists and knees Photo: ALAMY.