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Help! need to know if there's any effect of vitamin d deficiency on the risk of developing thyroid eye disease ?

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Dr. John Tang answered

Specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Vitamin D: Vitamin d deficiency can affect the body's ability to convert inactive thyroid hormone to active hormone. When this occurs, then your thyroid could be sluggish. There are many other deficiencies that can affect the thyroid however.

Answered 3/29/2021

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