Vitamin D deficiency can cause metabolic bone diseases such as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults, and may have a major impact on extra-skeletal conditions such as diabetes, cancer, mortality, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Specific attention must be paid to high-risk groups ...
The concern about the assessment of vitamin D status is growing. Numerous publications warn about the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, as well as the potential role of vitamin D in non-bone health outcomes. The status of vitamin D is usually asse
Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent among children and adolescents worldwide. The high rates of vitamin D deficiency during childhood are of major public health relevance, given the growing evidence that vitamin D deficiency may play a key role in the pathophysiology of many chronic diseases be...
Vitamin D August 27, 2019 Symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency in Children. All these doom and gloom predictions on Vitamin D deficiency will get any parent concerned for their child’s well-being. When should you suspect a deficiency?...Search...
SYDNEY, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- In a world's first study, Australian researchers have found that children with vitamin D deficiency were more likely to develop asthma and other allergies later on in life. Researchers from Western Australia's Telethon Kids Institute tracked vitamin D levels from bir...
However, studies with vitamin D supplementation on young children produced conflicting results. This study was conducted to assess and compare the pooled prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among healthy and sick children in sub-Saharan Africa. Method A systematic review of PubMed, CINAHL, Web of ...
In 1974 we reported the results of a controlled study of the prevalence and treatment of rickets in 60 epileptic adolescent children, compared with a matched group of non-epileptic children living in the same institution in Southeast England.5Biochemical evidence of vitamin D deficiency was more ...
Vitamin D Deficiency Test: Diasorin provides a comprehensive range of immunoassays for the diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency related metabolic diseases.
Vitamin D deficiency can result from inadequate exposure to sunlight; malabsorption; accelerated catabolism from certain medications; and, in infants, the minimal amount of vitamin D found in breast milk. In children, vitamin D deficiency can result in r
pains and fatigue or you may have no symptoms at all. If your vitamin D deficiency is severe, you may suffer from bone pain and reduced mobility. In adults, severe vitamin D deficiency is called osteomalacia, and in children a severe deficiency can lead to rickets (softening and weakening ...