Symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency are VERY subtle.

Well there are two levels of Vitamin D deficiency, also called Hypovitaminosis D, that current Vitamin D Research is now beginning to show. There is severe Vitamin D deficiency and a less obvious problem of Low Vitamin D.

Severe Vitamin D deficiency

In adults, this severe form of low Vitamin D causes a disease called osteomalacia. Osteomalacia is similar to rickets, as it is a softening of the bones, but it doesn’t lead to bowed legs as it does in children.

"Because osteomalacia is a known cause
of persistent, nonspecific musculoskeletal pain,
screening all outpatients with such pain
for hypovitaminosis D should be
standard practice in clinical care."

Read that again "...should be standard practice" - yet it is not. If you have pain of any type that is caused by ANY reason- even if you think you already 'know' why you are having pain or it seems completely unrelated to vitamin d- insist on having your Vitamin D Level checked against the 'normal' level as per the current Vitamin D research as outlined on the Normal Vitamin D Level page. Do NOT use the lab reference values as the 'normal' range as they are likely to be outdated.

Low Vitamin D

Most physicians aren’t even aware of this problem and certainly don’t understand the problems it can cause. Most never check for it or do this simple test - many don’t even know how to order the test or that the test even exists!!

“So what”, you might be thinking, “if I don’t know that I have it then what’s the problem?”

Vitamin D Research is finding that Low Vitamin D is a VERY widespread problem that has a lot of serious consequences of which we are just beginning to understand.

Symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency

While these are complicated diseases and there are obviously other factors involved in any individual’s risk, it’s true that a common risk factor for each and every one of these diseases is a Low Vitamin D level!!

“Evidence continues to accumulate
of vitamin D's involvement in a
breathtaking array of human disease
and death.” – From
“On the epidemiology of influenza”.

While the Low Vitamin D levels found in these diseases doesn’t necessarily mean that they CAUSE these diseases, it begs the question of what the relationship is.

Remember that on the Vitamin D Facts page, we discussed the potent Immune System stimulation that Vitamin D is responsible for.

Since the above diseases (and really ALL diseases) are related to an inappropriate, inadequate or downright failed immune response – you can start to see that these diseases really could be just symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency.

Who is at risk for Symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency?

And Vitamin D Research shows that a very significant percent of the population has hypovitaminosis D.

This Article that analyzed all of the available studies, called a metanalysis, concluded,

“Estimates of the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D ranged…[up] to 78%... Although overt vitamin D deficiency is no longer common in US children, lesser degrees of vitamin D insufficiency are widespread.”

Interestingly, the percentage of people with hypovitaminosis D may even be severely UNDERESTIMATED in these studies. The blood levels that were used as a cut off point for determining who was Vitamin D deficient were often MUCH lower than what is currently accepted as a ‘normal Vitamin D level’ in vitamin d therapy.

Vitamin D Resources

Click below to see already answered questions about Vitamin D deficiency symptoms.

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ANSWER:

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