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- Vitamin D Deficiency: Causes, Symptoms Treatment
More specifically, you need vitamin D so your body can use calcium and phosphorus to build bones and support healthy tissues With chronic and or severe vitamin D deficiency, a decline in calcium and phosphorus absorption by your intestines leads to hypocalcemia (low calcium levels in your blood)
- Vitamin Deficiency Types, Symptoms, Diagnosis - Cleveland Clinic
B12 (cyanocobalamin) C (ascorbic acid) D (calciferol) E (tocopherols and tocotrienols) K (phylloquinone and menaquinone) How common are vitamin deficiencies? It depends on the deficiency Vitamin A deficiency is the most common worldwide The World Health Organization estimates it causes blindness in between 250,000 and 500,000 children
- Hyperparathyroidism: What It Is, Symptoms Treatment
If you have a condition that causes high phosphate levels, low vitamin D levels or low calcium levels, your parathyroid glands will make more PTH to try to increase your calcium levels and lower your phosphate levels This is secondary hyperparathyroidism It’s most common in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
- Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D Fact Sheet | Cleveland Clinic
What do clinicians need to know about vitamin D and the consequences of vitamin D deficiency? Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, which helps regulate calcium metabolism and promotes absorption of calcium phosphorus in the gut to support bone integrity Vitamin D is synthesized by the skin from sunlight and needs to undergo conversion from its inert state by process of hydroxylation initially
- Hypocalcemia: Causes, Symptoms Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
Hypocalcemia happens when there are low levels of calcium in your blood, not your bones The levels of calcium in your blood and bones are controlled by two hormones called parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Vitamin D also plays an important role in maintaining calcium levels because it’s needed for your body to absorb calcium
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Symptoms, Causes Treatment
Vitamin B12 Deficiency Vitamin B12 deficiency is a treatable condition that happens if you aren’t consuming enough vitamin B12 in your diet or if your body isn’t absorbing it properly Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause physical, neurological and psychological symptoms It can be treated with vitamin B12 medications
- Hypoparathyroidism: Symptoms Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
Hypoparathyroidism Hypoparathyroidism is a rare but treatable condition that causes low levels of calcium in your blood Damage to your parathyroid glands during surgery and certain genetic and autoimmune diseases can cause it Treatment usually involves calcium and vitamin D supplements
- Hypophosphatemia: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms Treatment
Hypophosphatemia Hypophosphatemia is a short-term or chronic condition that happens when you have a low level of phosphate in your blood While mild hypophosphatemia is somewhat common and usually isn’t a cause for concern, severe hypophosphatemia can be life-threatening and requires medical treatment
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