Vitamin D deficiency can appear with age and is often diagnosed even in young people, especially those living in northern regions where there is an acute lack of sunlight.
This condition is dangerous not only because the production of serotonin, the hormone of joy, decreases in the body, but also by more serious consequences. Vitamin D affects calcium absorption, immune system function and even how we feel pain.
Its lack in the body is associated with pathologies of the musculoskeletal system, the risk of developing atherosclerosis, ischemic heart diseasediabetes mellitus, certain types of oncology (pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, intestines, kidneys).
How to understand that there is not enough vitamin D
A proctologist spoke about one of the signs of a deficiency of the “solar” vitamin and its connection with wound healing after surgical interventions.