the expert told what to pay attention to – Teacher’s newspaper

Vitamin D has always been in trend. The peak of his popularity came during the pandemic. The whole world is talking about vitamin D as a panacea: it improves immunity, helps to overcome post-COVID syndrome, activates metabolism, which means it helps to lose weight. There are many more obese people during the coronavirus period.

Vitamin D is one of the most popular vitamins in the world. It has always been like this, it is no coincidence that they begin to “get acquainted” with this substance from the cradle. Every mother knows: so that the baby does not have rickets, so that he does not get sick, and his bones are strong, he needs vitamin D, which is called “solar”.

Vitamin D, classified as fat-soluble, helps absorb the calcium and phosphorus that people get from food. This multiplies its virtues, emphasizing that the solar element is necessary for the health of bones and muscles. And its low levels threaten many complications.

Therefore, to monitor whether there is enough valuable substance in the body or not, doctors consider it a very important point. How to understand that a person does not have enough solar vitamin? The best option is to do a special analysis. This step may be prompted by the information shared by expert Duncan Reid.

In an interview with journalists of a popular publication, he said that it is difficult to identify a lack of vitamin D. As a rule, the body signals this when the diseases associated with its deficiency cross the “red” line and require the intervention of narrow specialists. To prevent this from happening, the pharmacist advises paying attention to the following symptoms:

• tiredness and fatigue;
• pain in the bones and lower back;
• increased sweating;
• decreased visual acuity;
• Bad mood;
• muscle pain;
• frequent colds and SARS;
• hair loss.

People with chronic pathologies who know their ailments firsthand may object: these signs are also characteristic of other diseases. Right. And yet, if there are such symptoms, and they are disturbing, you need to urgently go to see a doctor.

In the long term, vitamin D deficiency can lead to bone deformities. In children, it causes rickets, and in adults, a similar condition called osteomalacia (soft bones). The list of forecasts for a lack of D includes: diabetes, diseases of the cardiovascular system, cancer, immunodeficiency, allergies, Express reports.

Earlier, the online edition “Teacher’s Newspaper” told how to recognize the lack of vitamins and minerals in the body. And also about the symptoms caused by iron deficiency and lack of magnesium. A lot of interesting and useful information can be found in the special sections of UG.RU Vitamin D, Health, About nutrition.