Vitamin D deficiency
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Vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is essential to the human body, and the main source is sunlight rather than foods.
Function[edit | edit source]
Vitamin D is needed to create red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body.
Deficiency[edit | edit source]
Vitamin D deficiency can cause complex medical problems, and because vitamin D cannot be absorbed from sunlight shining through windows, people who are mostly or totally housebound are particularly at risk of Vitamin D deficiency.[citation needed]
Signs and symptoms[edit | edit source]
Vitamin D deficiency can cause:
Treatment[edit | edit source]
ME/CFS[edit | edit source]
Notable articles[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Vitamin D
- Severe and very severe ME
- Photophobia (light sensitivity]]
- Healthy, balanced diet
- Dr Lapp's supplement recommendations
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Malnutrition
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- D Fact Sheet - Office of Dietary supplements
- Vitamin D - NHS
