Treatment
The treatment of osteomalacia is dependent up on the cause. (1) (2)
If the condition is due to a nutritional lack of vitamin D it is treated by an adequate diet and supplements of calciferol and calcium. Note that vitamin D therapy can cause dangerous hypercalcaemia.
1. Pettifor JM. Rickets and vitamin D deficiency in children and adolescents. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2005 Sep;34(3):537-53, vii.
2. Munns CF, Shaw N, Kiely M, et al. Global consensus recommendations on prevention and management of nutritional rickets. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Feb;101(2):394-415.
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