Lack of Vitamin D Trigger Arthritis

Vitamin D

Vitamin D has been widely recognized as essential elements for bone health. If deficiencies are, you risk suffering from various diseases ranging from bone loss, colon cancer and immune problems.
   
In addition to these diseases, the experts also indicated that vitamin D was associated with rheumatic diseases. Indications are seen with high rates of vitamin D deficiency for patients that treated at the rheumatology clinic.

Like the Irish researchers reported on Friday (13 / 6), nearly three-quarters of patients treated at rheumatology clinics, with varied complaints such as sore muscles, joints, bones and tendons, were deficient intake of vitamin D.

Dr. Muhammad Haroon and associates of the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, Cork, made this conclusion after examining the case of deficiency of vitamin D on new patients at their clinic between January and June 2007. The results of their research are presented in the European Union League Against rheumatic, 2008 in Paris.

Of the 264 patients recorded in this period, 231 patients of whom agreed to be respondents and undergo a variety of methods of measurement of vitamin D. Overall, Dr. Haroon menemukan162 patients (70 percent) who had low vitamin D levels and 26 percent of them in severe conditions. Little difference was seen in the percentage of patients younger and older patients who have deficiencies.

Severe deficiency have a significant effect on the percentage of patients experiencing a variety of complaints such as inflammatory joint disease, rheumatoid, arthritis, back pain, and osteoporosis. According to Haroon, severe vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of bone loss or osteoporosis and bone softening (osteomalacia). Meanwhile, the deficiency will cause a mild to moderate rheumatic complaints are not specifics.