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Vitamin D is fat soluble vitamin produced in the skin by sunlight exposure. It is required for the maintenance of calcium and phosphorus homeostasis, skeletal growth and various other metabolic processes. The factors such as low sunlight exposure, age related decrease in cutaneous synthesis and low dietary intake contributes to the high prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy. It's deficiency is associated with various diseases like rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Low levels of vitamin D are also associated with increased risk of fractures, muscle pain and weakness, cardiovascular…mehr

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Vitamin D is fat soluble vitamin produced in the skin by sunlight exposure. It is required for the maintenance of calcium and phosphorus homeostasis, skeletal growth and various other metabolic processes. The factors such as low sunlight exposure, age related decrease in cutaneous synthesis and low dietary intake contributes to the high prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy. It's deficiency is associated with various diseases like rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Low levels of vitamin D are also associated with increased risk of fractures, muscle pain and weakness, cardiovascular risk, diabetes mellitus, polycystic ovarian syndrome, infections and autoimmune disorders. The deficiency of vitamin D can be treated by adequate sunlight exposure, forticfiation of foods and supplementation of vitamin D.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Pallavi Mahajan schloss ihr Studium der konservierenden Zahnmedizin und Endodontie am Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore, im Jahr 2016 ab. Als eifrige Lernerin erreichte sie bei der NEET-MDS-Prüfung 2013 den indischen Gesamtrang 32.