Question 1

what are symptoms of lack of vitamin d?

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: Low Vitamin D3 can lower immune response, energy level, and mood.  Please get a lab test from your doc and dose accordingly.  It's inexpensive and can  help w/a situation many people are in w/out knowing it.  Peace and good health.

Question 2

what could be some of the causes for dizziness ? i s lack of vitamin d one of them ?

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No: If is is vertigo (sensation of movement) try Meclizine for be ign labyrinthitis.

Question 3

what is lack of vitamin d?

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Many people have: low levels of vitamin D.  Your doc can do a simple lab test to measure it and it can be replaced w/an inexpensive supplement. Experts say between 50 and 80 on your lab results is optimal.  There are many studies supporting the good effects of vitamin D on immunity, mood, etc.  Peace and good health.

Question 4

what if someone has lack of vitamin d?

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Ricketts: Vitamin d deficiency results in impaired bone mineralization and leads to bone softening diseases including rickets in children and osteomalacia and osteoporosis in adults.

Question 5

does lack of vitamin d make you lazier?

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Severe: Deficiency can make you tired and achy. Have levels checked and supplemented.

Question 6

which problems can happen because of lack of vitamin d?

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Many: Possible bone loss, fatigue, mental issues, falls, pain, paresthesias, etc...

Question 7

how do miners deal with the lack of vitamin d from the sun?

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Supplements: Sunlight activates the production of vitamin d in the skin. Vitamin d isn't found naturally in very many foods, although milk is fortified with vitamin d. For people who don't spend much time in the sun, the only way to get enough vitamin d is to take dietary supplements.

Question 8

pls dr what will you give to a girl of 13 who is lack of  vitamin d thxs you?

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VIT-D Deficiency: One billion people on earth are vit-d deficient including kids.  Between 11 to 18 year age, 3-5 glasses of milk/day  is needed for healthy bone growth. Vit-d helps calcium absorption. Blood test is available to see level (normal: 30 - 100). Depending on deficiency, her pediatrician will give rx. Some sunlight exposure is helpful. Remember:one full sun tan is equivalent to 200 glasses of milk!

Question 9

i only go outside during the day twice a week when going to work, now i have folliculitis, could be lack of vitamin d and not exposing myself to sun?

Accepted Answer

Not likely: The bigger culprits for causes of folliculitis are 1) friction from shaving or tight clothing 2) heat/sweat 3) skin injuries like scrapes 4) lotions/creams/skin coverings(like bandaids)

Question 10

what does lack of vitamin d have to do with kidneys?

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Conversion to active Vitamin D: Vitamin d whether obtained from diet or from sun exposure must be metabolized first by the liver and secondly by the kidneys from a relatively inactive prohormone to the active form of vitamin d that is primarily responsible for its metabolic effects. In particular, the kidneys take 25 hydroxy vitamin d to 125 hydroxy vitamin d.

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