Vitamin D is also called a sunray vitamin.
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 119119 or 2 02 25 25.
In case of any issues, you may contact the doctor-endocrinologist, Sofio Futuridze for consultation at 593 25 11 55.
Wish you health!
