Vitamin D deficiency, which is quite effective on muscle and bone, needs attention and heed. Anadolu Medical Center Internal Diseases and Nephrology Specialist Assoc. Dr. Enes Murat Atasoyu brought up everything you need to know about vitamin D! You can take a look at the rest of the news to take a look at the symptoms of vitamin D, which has a valuable place in the body, and what needs to be considered. Here’s what you need to know about vitamin D!
For the development and strengthening of bones, the absorption of calcium and phosphorus in the diet from the intestines should be smooth and it needs vitamin D for the absorption of these minerals. Vitamin D deficiency can cause bone diseases called ‘rickets’ in children and ‘osteomalases’ in adults.
Brunettes Shouldn’t Stay Long in the Sun!
The easiest way to get vitamin D is to expose the skin to direct sunlight, especially ultraviolet B rays. The duration of staying in the sun varies according to the characteristics of the skin. People with fair skin will only need 15 minutes of sun exposure to produce the vitamin D3 that the body needs, as their skin will often start to turn pink within 30 minutes. Dark-skinned people may have longer exposure to the sun to produce vitamin D.
What Symptoms Occur in Vitamin D Deficiency?
Among the factors that cause vitamin D deficiency, in addition to being skin-colored and vegan, wearing clothes that will prevent the skin from seeing the sun, living in northern regions with less sunlight, obesity or gastric bypass surgery, babies who are breastfed and do not take vitamin D supplements, including pregnancy and aging. It may cause complaints such as pain in the bones and fatigue in most cases. Sometimes there may be no symptoms.
Oily fish such as salmon and mackerel are rich in vitamin D
Reminding that exposure to sunlight in general is the best way to get the vitamin D that the body needs, Assoc. Dr. Atasoy said, “The consumption of foods containing vitamin D is not very sufficient, but it is quite beneficial. Fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel, cereal, milk, egg yolk, orange juice, cereal, beef liver and yogurt are among the foods rich in vitamin D.
Vitamin D supplement should be given to breastfed babies
Mentioning that the amount of vitamin D in human breast milk is quite low, Internal Medicine and Nephrology Specialist Assoc. Dr. Enes Murat Atasoy said, “As babies should be protected from direct sunlight and need to use sunscreen, they often cannot get enough vitamins from this supplement. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that breastfed babies get 400 IU of vitamin D supplementation per day. In this bet, it would be appropriate to take a basis from your child specialist.”
Too Much Vitamin D Can Cause Disease!
Emphasizing that taking vitamin D in large doses can cause various ailments, including its deficiency, Assoc. Dr. Atasoy said, “If there is too much vitamin D in the body, calcium levels rise and can cause hypercalcemia. Hypercalcemia can lead to important conditions such as loss of appetite, excessive urination, kidney failure, heart rhythm disorder, thirst, constipation, nausea-vomiting, loss of consciousness and coma.
