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Vitamin D – get a treatment with sunrays

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Vitamin D is also called a sunray vitamin.

26 June 2019

National Center of Surgery

It’s very beneficial for the growth-development of bone and teeth, immunity, positively affects the mood and helps with calcium absorption.

Vitamin D deficit causes a series of health problems.

Following symptoms characterize vitamin D deficit:

Fatigue;

Acute pain of bone and muscles;

Energy deterioration to the point where a person has trouble conducting daily activities.

Immune system weakening;

Mood changes;

Hair loss and etc.

National Center of Surgery’s endocrinologist Sofio Futuridze discusses the topic.

– Ms. Futuridze, vitamin D in the form of the pill is sold at the pharmacy. How recommended is it to arbitrarily consume them?

– Vitamin D pill arbitrary consumption without a doctor's recommendation is inadmissible! If the complaints mentioned in the article are familiar to you, it’s better to visit National Center of Surgery, take a special test in our clinic’s laboratory that determines the level of vitamin D in your blood. In accordance with the result of this exact analysis, the endocrinologist will prescribe an adequate dose of this vitamin.

– As you’ve stated, sunrays are a direct and natural source of vitamin D absorption . Is it possible to absorb this beneficial vitamin through nutrition?

– Yes, nutrition is also important. Salmon, egg yolk, milk, cereals, yogurt, and orange have this vitamin. Keep in mind that this nutrition is useful, but vitamin D is formed in the skin and it remains in the blood two times longer when a person enjoys the sunrays.

– Who should take a vitamin D test?

– Vitamin D test is recommended for all people and especially for people in high risk-groups, for example:

Patients with osteoporosis;

People with malabsorption syndrome (condition when a person’s ability to absorb substances from the nutrition is disturbed in the small intestine).

Overweight people;

People with a disorder of vitamin D metabolism, for example, chronic kidney disease.

– What do you advise to the reader?

– It’s necessary for a reader to properly perceive the advice! Unlike spring, the sun is burning during summer. Subsequently, it’s inadmissible to be under the sun for a long time at noon during the hot day of the summer! Take a walk in the fresh air; let your body absorb the important vitamin. It's one of the simple ways of maintaining health, beauty, and longevity.

National Center of Surgery address: Tbilisi, Dighomi, Chachava N5.

You may contact National Center of Surgery’s call-center at 577 119 119 or 2 02 25 25 .

In case of any issues, you may contact the doctor-endocrinologist, Sofio Futuridze for consultatio n at 593 25 11 55.

Wish you health!

Vitamin D

Source: kirurgia.ge