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​Vitamin D deficiency: Unusual symptoms your body shows when it is low in Vitamin D

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Feb 22, 2023, 11:08 IST
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Our body needs 10-20 micrograms of this sunshine vitamin everyday

So, next time when you ignore your daily dose of vitamin D from the sun just remind yourself, do you have sufficient vitamin for the day?

Vitamin D is an essential vitamin for the body. Our body produces vitamin D when the skin is exposed to sunlight.

Vitamin D supports bone health and the immune system among several other functions.

Deficiency in this essential nutrient is ought to disturb the rigid bone structure of the body. Hence one should be careful about the vitamin D intake and should also keep an eye on the complications associated with its deficiency.

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How to know whether your body is sufficient or deficient in vitamin D?

Apart from blood tests, people think it is not possible to find out whether one has sufficient vitamin D in the body or not.

Until a few years before, there was no awareness around the importance of vitamin D.

Extremely low levels of vitamin D in the body can damage the bones and make them brittle.

Hence it is important to know when this gives you warning signs of low vitamin D.
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Slow healing of wounds

Vitamin D supports the body's ability to heal wounds and lack of it makes the process slower.

Studies on diabetes patients, in whom wound healing is an extremely slow process, addition of vitamin D supplements accelerated the process.

If you wound is not healing do not wait further. Consult a doctor and get your blood tested for any deficiency.
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Depression

Vitamin D affects the mental status of an individual. Depression is one of the major side effects of low vitamin D in the body.

Studies have found the impact of vitamin D on the mood of older adults.

More evidence is required to prove that vitamin D is a mood enhancer, but studies until now have shown that vitamin D supplements have a role in curing depression.
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Fatigue

What happens when the body lacks one of the most essential vitamins? It is likely to take a toll on the energy level.

Fatigue as a health complication overlaps with several diseases; however in case of vitamin D deficiency it occurs mostly due to headache, lack of sleep and constant bone pain.
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Constant back pain

Since it is directly related to bone health, lack of it damages the bone causing pain in the individual.

Vitamin D nurtures the bones by enhancing the body's ability to absorb calcium.


It has been found that people with arthritis, muscle pain and persistent back pain have low levels of vitamin D.
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Other symptoms of vitamin D deficiency

The other symptoms of vitamin D deficiency are
sleeplessness,
loss of appetite,
getting sick often,
hair loss,
muscle weakness

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Why do we ignore vitamin D deficiency?

A plausible explanation to this can be that many symptoms of vitamin D deficiency are similar to other diseases. It is because of this many people overdiagnose the other diseases and ignore the main cause.

It is extremely crucial to know about the main health condition by giving an exact description of your health to your doctor. Do not give a biased clarification about your health. This might lead to wrong diagnosis and by the time you overdiagnose the other disease the damaging effect of this one might have progressed further.

The symptoms of vitamin D deficiency, as subtle as it may seem to you, should be checked with a doctor and remedy should be taken for it.

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