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Reheumatologist trying to figure out cause of recurring iritis. had many tests done. he checked vitamin d levels. why would this be checked?
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Deficiency is common: Lots of people with widespread musculoskeletal pain are actually suffering from osteoporosis. Vitamin d deficiency is extremely common due to folks avoiding sunlight and "eating healthy diets". It's a high-yield test. Iritis with arthritis can be enteropathic arthropathy -- any chance of whipple's / crohn's?
Answered 2/19/2014
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