35 years
I am suffering from loss of vitamin D from 2 years and i usually feel lazy and have non_continuous night sleep.what doctor should i need to solve my problem?
Aug 20, 2014
Oily fish (such as sardines, pilchards, herring, trout, tuna, salmon and mackerel).
Fortified foods (this means they have vitamin D added to them) such as margarine, some cereals, infant formula milk.
The best dietary source of vitamin D is oily fish and cod liver oil.
This deficiency can occur for various reasons:
>People who get very little sunlight on their skin are at risk of vitamin D deficiency.
>People who cover up a lot of their body when outside. For example, wearing veils such as the hijab
>Strict sunscreen use can potentially lead to vitamin D deficiency, particularly if high sun protection factor (SPF) creams (factor 15 or above) are used. Nevertheless, children especially should always be protected from the harmful effect of the sun's rays and should never be allowed to burn or be exposed to the strongest midday sun.
>Elderly people have thinner skin than younger people and so are unable to produce as much vitamin D. This leaves older people more at risk of vitamin D deficiency.
>People who have darker skin. For example people of African, African-Caribbean and South Asian origin, because their bodies are not able to make as much vitamin D.
>Some medical conditions can affect the way the body handles vitamin D. People with Crohn's disease, coeliac disease, and some types of liver and kidney disease, are all at risk of vitamin D deficiency.
>Rarely, some people without any other risk factors or diseases become deficient in vitamin D. It is not clear why this occurs. It may be due to a subtle metabolic problem in the way vitamin D is made or absorbed.
So, even some otherwise healthy, fair-skinned people who get enough sun exposure can become deficient in vitamin D.
Vitamin D deficiency can also occur in people taking certain medicines. Examples include: carbamazepine, phenytoin, primidone, barbiturates and some anti-HIV medicines.
However the best thing to know the cause of your vitamin D deficiency is to have a blood and laboratory tests and a an examination in a doctor clinic ,if you have Vit D deficiency beside tiredness and sleepiness they could be becuase the the lack of vitamin D ,but may be all because of a different medical condition such as hypothyroidism .
Check with an endocrinologist doctor.
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