What is it about?
We have checked the vitamin D levels in the blood of patients with body pains [other common medical problems excluded] and found that more than 90% of them have low levels.
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Why is it important?
Our work shows that vitamin D deficiency may be the reason for body pains in people who are other wisw healthy. In pure vegetarians this is a real problem as there are no vegetarian dietary sources of vitamin D.
Perspectives
In recent years, vitamin D has been associated with many diseases hereto never thought related. Slowly we are discovering more roles of this vitamin.
Dr Sridhar Amalakanti
Guntur Medical College
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This page is a summary of: High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Chronic Non-specific Musculoskeletal Pain, Musculoskeletal Care, July 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1154.
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