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Vitamin D deficiency symptoms and ways to avoid


Vitamin D is a natural substance found in our body which is produced by sunlight exposure. According to a survey, it has been told that about 70 to 90% people in India are deficient in vitamin D and it is believed that in India. There is no shortage of sunlight because there is sunlight all over the year, now you must be coming in your mind that according to that there should be no deficiency of vitamin D in India.

Basically there are many reasons behind this like working in closed rooms, not staying in sunlight etc. It is said that 30 to 40 minutes of sunlight is enough for human beings, so in this blog we will cover this topic. We are going to know in complete depth what can be its harm and how can you fulfill the deficiency of vitamin D etc.

Symptoms of Vitamin D Deficiency

Dry skin

When your skin becomes very dry, it means that your body has symptoms of vitamin D deficiency.

Fatigue and weakness

When you start feeling very tired and weak after doing any work, then it is also due to lack of vitamin D. Vitamin D is very much needed to give energy to the body.

Hair fall

When someone’s hair falls very fast, it is also due to vitamin D deficiency. While there are many people who ignore it as a minor thing.

To be tense

Vitamin D deficiency is mostly seen in women. Because she gets stressed very quickly and because of this she also feels sad.

Joint pain

In earlier times, this problem was seen more in the elderly, but in today’s time the youth are also falling prey to it fast. Because of this, they start having pain in the joints.

Body swelling

The easiest way to understand the symptoms of vitamin D deficiency is that when your body’s wound heals very slowly or apart from this, your body starts swelling more, then it is also due to its deficiency.

Vitamin D rich diet

We have told you about the symptoms of vitamin D deficiency, now you will also tell about how you can avoid it. To overcome the deficiency of vitamin D in your body, take sunlight daily, because the rays of the sun contain vitamin D which helps in the formation of red blood cells in your body. Along with this, you can also include things rich in vitamin D in the food:

Milk

Vitamin D and calcium are found in abundance in milk, feed it to children daily. If you want, you can also consume it by adding cream to the milk.

Carrot

Carrots should be consumed when there is a deficiency of vitamin D in the body, because it contains a lot of vitamin D.

Egg

If you eat egg then your body will never lack Vitamin D. Let us tell you that vitamin D is found in the white part of the egg, which removes weakness and fatigue in the body.

Orange

Orange, which is such a delicious fruit, also contains plenty of vitamin D. If you want, you can also consume it by extracting its juice. Apart from this, if you eat non-veg, then you can consume fatty fish. Like tuna, mackerel, salmon, vitamin D is also found in abundance in it.

If your body shows symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency, then for this you can consult our doctor and also take Vitamin D tablets. But you should not take any such pill without the advice of a doctor.



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