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Diseases and conditions cause by vitamin D deficiency:
Osteoporosis is commonly caused by a lack of vitamin D, which greatly impairs calcium absorption.
Sufficient vitamin D prevents prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, depression, colon cancer and schizophrenia.
"Rickets" is the name of a bone-wasting disease caused by vitamin D deficiency.
Vitamin D deficiency may exacerbate type 2 diabetes and impair insulin production in the pancreas.
Obesity impairs vitamin D utilization in the body, meaning obese people need twice as much vitamin D.
Vitamin D is used around the world to treat Psoriasis.
Vitamin D deficiency causes schizophrenia.
Seasonal Affective Disorder is caused by a melatonin imbalance initiated by lack of exposure to sunlight.
Chronic vitamin D deficiency is often misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia because its symptoms are so similar: muscle weakness, aches and pains.
Your risk of developing serious diseases like diabetes and cancer is reduced 50% - 80% through simple, sensible exposure to natural sunlight 2-3 times each week.
Infants who receive vitamin D supplementation (2000 units daily) have an 80% reduced risk of developing type 1 diabetes over the next twenty years.
2007-03-18 08:49:06
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answered by jellybean55 3
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A deficiency of vitamin D or an inability to utilize vitamin D may lead to a condition called rickets, which is a weakening and softening of the bones brought on by extremem calcium loss.
People who get little exposure to sunlight are most at risk of vitamin D deficiency in the UK. Immigrants from Asia, particularly women and children, are at risk, as are elderly people who are housebound or confined to residential and nursing homes.
2007-03-18 15:52:25
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answered by bwlobo 7
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Lack of Vitamin D causes Rickets
Common early symptoms of rickets include restlessness, profuse sweating, lack of muscle tone in the limbs and abdomen, softening of the bones of the skull, delay in learning to sit, crawl, and walk, and delay in the eruption of the teeth. Tetany (spasms of the hands and feet and cramps and twitching of the muscles) may also occur. Rickets is usually effectively treated with large supplemental doses of vitamin D concentrates, with exposure to sunlight, and with a well-balanced diet. Vitamin D supplement, usually with milk, has been important in preventing the incidence of rickets in the northern and temperate climates.
2007-03-18 15:52:19
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answered by Viny 1
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In addition to helping the body absorb calcium, vitamin D also helps the body keep the right amount of calcium and phosphorus in the blood.
Vitamin D deficiency can lead to osteoporosis in adults or rickets in children.
Too much vitamin D can make the intestines absorb too much calcium. This may cause high levels of calcium in the blood. High blood calcium can lead to calcium deposits in soft tissues such as the heart and lungs. This can reduce their ability to function.
Kidney stones, vomiting, and muscle weakness may also occur if you have too much vitamin D.
2007-03-18 15:48:34
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answered by huckypeep2 5
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firstlt tis important to keep bones and muscles strong to prevent injury. the daily dose is 5mcg found in salmon tuna mackeral or herring or 6 eggs. however too mch is bad for the skin
2007-03-18 15:51:19
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answered by wierd and wounderful world of me 5
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rickets
2007-03-18 15:49:14
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answered by m j 3
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graves
2007-03-18 15:48:38
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answered by uuummk 5
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depression!
2007-03-18 16:29:13
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answered by Stephanie 6
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osteoperosis
2007-03-18 15:48:55
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answered by barbara 2
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RICKETS
2007-03-18 15:48:13
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answered by pinhed_1976 6
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