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How do you cure Rickets disease?

Rickets can have several causes, and the cure depends on the cause.

The most common cause is lack of vitamin D, which the body needs to use calcium correctly. Vitamin D can be obtained through diet (vitamin tablets or vitamin D rich foods such as butter, eggs, oily fishes, fortified milk) or sun exposure (the body actually makes this vitamin when the skin is exposed to sunlight!)

Lack of calcium itself can also cause rickets. Increasing calcium in the diet would help here (dairy products, especially).

There are other rare metabolic causes of rickets which would need individualized medical intervention to treat.

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