Effect of vitamin D and calcium alone or in combination in the treatment of nutritional rickets

What is it about?

Nutritional rickets is a disease which affects children, especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries. It causes problems such as skeletal deformities and impaired growth. The most common cause of nutritional rickets is vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D administered with or without calcium is commonly regarded as the mainstay of treatment. In some sunny countries, however, where children are believed to have adequate vitamin D production from exposure to ultraviolet light, but who are deficient in calcium due to low dietary intake, calcium alone has also been used in the treatment of nutritional rickets. Therefore, it is important to compare the effects of vitamin D, calcium or a combination of vitamin D and calcium for the treatment of nutritional rickets in children living in different settings. This study was done to assess the effects of vitamin D, calcium or a combination of vitamin D and calcium for the treatment of nutritional rickets in children.

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