Rickets may also have genetic causes, occasionally called resistant rickets. Deficiency impairs bone mineralization, leading to bone softening diseases such as rickets in children. Supplementation may be done to treat or prevent osteoporosis or rickets. Rickets, a vitamin D deficiency in children, can cause lumbar hyperlordosis. Vitamin-deficiency-related diseases (such as scurvy and rickets). It is used to treat and prevent vitamin D deficiency and associated diseases, including rickets. A vitamin D deficiency is a known cause of rickets. If prolonged, this may lead to osteoporosis in adults and rickets in children. The most common cause of rickets is a vitamin D deficiency. Infants with rickets can have bone fractures. The therapy was a cure for diseases such as lupus vulgaris and rickets. Therefore, sunlight exposure was a remedy to curing several diseases, especially rickets. This gene was identified by its mutations associated with autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets. Supplementation with vitamin D is a reliable method for preventing or treating rickets. Increased calcium absorption helps to prevent rickets and osteomalacia.