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Vitamin D deficiency or hypovitaminosis D is a vitamin D level that is below normal. It most commonly occurs in people when they have inadequate exposure to sunlight, particularly sunlight with adequate ultraviolet B rays (UVB).
Vitamin D deficiency: Usually asymptomatic, causes reduce bone density (osteomalacia), rickets, myopathy, and is associated with the development of schizophrenia. It is typically diagnosed by measuring the concentration of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) in plasma, which is the most accurate measure of stores of vitamin D in the body ...
A vitamin D blood-concentration standard for diagnosing hypovitaminosis D does not exist. In the past, hypovitaminosis D was defined by blood concentrations lower than 20 ng/mL. [ 6 ] However, in more recent literature many researchers have considered 30 ng/mL to be an insufficient concentration of vitamin D. [ 6 ] Subnormal levels of vitamin D ...
Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes E50-E56 within Chapter IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases should be included in this category. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
[9] [10] Vitamin D oral supplementation and skin synthesis have a different effect on the transport form of vitamin D, plasma calcifediol concentrations. Endogenously synthesized vitamin D 3 travels mainly with vitamin D-binding protein (DBP), which slows hepatic delivery of vitamin D and the availability in the plasma. [11]
Vitamin D 3 supplementation has been tentatively found to lead to a reduced risk of death in the elderly, [80] [77] but the effect has not been deemed pronounced, or certain enough, to make taking supplements recommendable. [10] Other forms (vitamin D 2, alfacalcidol, and calcitriol) do not appear to have any beneficial effects concerning the ...
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]
In the United States, overdose exposure to all formulations of "vitamins" (which includes multi-vitamin/mineral products) was reported by 62,562 individuals in 2004 with nearly 80% of these exposures in children under the age of 6, leading to 53 "major" life-threatening outcomes and 3 deaths (2 from vitamins D and E; 1 from a multivitamin with ...