Vitamin-D

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Vitamin D deficiency is a common vitamin deficiency that causes issues with your bones and muscles. It most commonly affects people over the age of 65 and people who have darker skin. It’s preventable and treatable.

What is vitamin D deficiency?

Vitamin D deficiency means you don’t have enough vitamin D in your body. It primarily causes issues with your bones and muscles.

Vitamin D is an essential vitamin that your body uses for normal bone development and maintenance. Vitamin D also plays a role in your nervous system, musculoskeletal system, and immune system.

You can get vitamin D in a variety of ways, including:

• Sun exposure on your skin (however, people with darker skin and older people may not get enough vitamin D through sunlight. Your geographical location may also prevent adequate vitamin D exposure through sunlight).
• Through the food, you eat.
• Through nutritional supplements.

Despite all these methods to get vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency is a common worldwide problem.

Symptoms of vitamin-D deficiency

Fatigue
Muscle pain, Cramps
Slow wound healing
Hair fall
Back pain

Mood changes, like depression.

Severe lack of vitamin D in children causes rickets. Symptoms of rickets include:

• Incorrect growth patterns due to bowed or bent bones.
• Muscle weakness.
• Bone pain.
• Deformities in joints.

Sources rich in vitamin D

• Sunshine
• Fatty fish such as salmon, tuna and mackerel, and sardines.
• Rainbow trout.
• Beef (cow) liver.
• Mushrooms.
• Egg yolks.
• Cod liver oil.

You can also get vitamin D from fortified foods. Be sure to check the nutrition labels to find out if a food has vitamin D. Foods that often have added vitamin D include:

• Cow’s milk and soy, almond, and oat milk.
• Breakfast cereals.
• Orange juice.
• Other dairy products, such as yogurt.

Vitamin D is in many multivitamins. There are also vitamin D supplements.

Talk to your healthcare provider if you’re concerned about getting enough vitamin D.

Vitamin D is an important vitamin your body needs to be healthy. If you have risk factors for developing vitamin D deficiency or are experiencing symptoms, be sure to contact your healthcare provider to get a blood test to check your levels.