Question 1

does anyone know if vitamin d deficiency will make your eyes blurry and have double vision?

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Vitamin D and Eyes: There are few clear links between vitamin d deficiency and eye disease.  An old report once discussed a potential link between age-related macular degeneration and vitamin d, but the recent areds and areds2 studies do not focus on this nutrient.  Instead, there is greater emphasis on vitamins c, e, and zinc, as well as beta-carotene and lutein.  Some people who lack vitamin d also lack vitamin a.

Question 2

how can i get help for vitamin d deficiency?

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Sun and wild salmon: The best natural way to address a vitamin d deficiency is to get 15-30 minutes of sun exposure, ideally to your mid-section (belly). The best food is sea kelp, witth he the next best food being wild salmon. Many foods are fortified with vitamin d.  Your last resort is taking a vitamin d3 supplement.

Question 3

does a vitamin d deficiency stunt my height?

Accepted Answer

Rickets?: Do you have stigmata of rickets? I.E. Bowed legs? Were you deprived of fortified milk growing up? Did you grow up in a northern climate with insufficient sunlight exposure to your skin? How tall were your parents? Need more data!

Question 4

what problems may be caused by a vitamin d deficiency?

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Depends.: Depends upon age.  VIt D deficiency in children produces Rickets -  a marked softening of the bones with bone pain and "bow legs." Other Sx include motor delay, poor growth, and increased susceptibility to infections.

In adults Vit D deficiency generally causes no symptoms but if severe and protracted causes bone pain, fractures, muscle weakness, and difficulty walking.

Question 5

can anyone tell me what causes a vitamin d deficiency?

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Vitamin D deficiency: Normally lack of exposure to sunlight.  This can be accentuated by the fact we are now also covering our bodies with more clothing and sunscreen to prevent skin cancer.  In addition, lack of vit d in our diets or poor absorption of vitamin d.  Foods normally don't have much vitamin d but some foods that our high in vit d include wild salmon, mackerel, eggs, liver.

Question 6

what symptoms are commonly seen with vitamin d deficiency?

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Subtle: Most people never know. You want a blood level above 30, or at least 20. The only way is  a blood test. Symptoms are close to useless.

Question 7

can vitamin d deficiency of a 12.7 cause any complications?

Accepted Answer

Many risks &problems: Low vit d can cause fatigue, muscle pain/ weakness, headaches, depression and increases risk of infections, heart disease, cancer and risk of dying! most adults need 5-8000 iu of d3/day; avoid d2! see http://www.Drfranklipman.Com/symptoms-diseases-associated-with-vitamin-d-deficiency and http://articles.Mercola.Com/sites/articles/archive/2008/11/01/vitamin-d-is-a-key-player-in-your-overall-health.Aspx.

Question 8

what are the symptoms of vitamin d deficiency in most women?

Accepted Answer

Statin intolerance: Women and men with vitamin d deficiency often have myalgia-myocitis when they take statins. Normalizing the serum vitamin d then allows the physician to successfuly re-start statins in over 90% of patients. Cj glueck md.

Question 9

how can i have a vitamin d deficiency when i'm often outdoors?

Accepted Answer

Yoru skin: Needs exposure to sunlight.  This said - most people are vit d deficient.

Question 10

do you know what all happens when you have vitamin d deficiency?

Accepted Answer

Treat it: Vitamin d is claimed to do so many things it's hard to know which symptoms is caused by vitamin d deficiency.  The best thing to do is treat it with a supplement to get it back to the normal range.  Once it's normal, whatever remaining symptoms are then caused by something else and not the low vit d.  (process of elimination).

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