Vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D deficiency affect children’s growing bones,  it also contribute to the development of diabetes,hypertension, pneumonia, depression, cancer, blood pressure and various other problems.

      

Early symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency:

Body aches and muscular spasms are the early symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency.

Vitamin D absorption:

 

Sun rays are the natural way to absorb Vitamin D , incase of severe deficiency, Vitamin must be taken by spending some time in the sun every morning.

Half of world’s population has inadequate levels of Vitamin D spread in all kinds of ethnicities .

Vitamin D deficiency causes various diseases:

•   Vitamin D deficiency reduces the body’s ability to absorb calcium and phosphorous which weaken bones and teeth and the bones of legs may bend under the weight of the body. The ends of the limb bones become enlarged and the skull become fragile. This disease is called rickets and mainly affects children six months to two years old. In extreme cases it retards the growth of children which delays walking and teething.

 

 

Vitamin D deficiency can also cause osteoporosis (softning of bones) , heart diseases, strokes, some cancers, multiple sclerosis , diabetes as well as infectious diseases such as tuberclosis and even seasonal flue.

 

 

 

 

•  Adults who have low  Vitamin D Levels are likely to have cough, cold, or upper respiratory infections. 

• Children who are Vitamin D deficient are more likely to get respiratory infections.

 

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