‘Hypervitaminosis D’ is on the rise and linked to a wide range of potentially serious health issues. Doctors are warning that ‘Overdosing’ on vitamin D supplements is both possible and harmful after they treated a man who needed hospital admission for his excessive vitamin D intake. They reported
‘Hypervitaminosis D’ is on the rise and linked to a wide range of potentially serious health issues.
Symptoms of hypervitaminosis D include drowsiness, depression, confusion, anorexia, apathy, psychosis, abdominal pain, stupor, coma, vomiting, peptic ulcers, constipation, pancreatitis, abnormal heart rhythm, high blood pressure, and kidney abnormalities, including renal failure. He had been taking high doses of more than 20 over-the-counter supplements every day containing: vitamin D 50,000 mg—the daily requirement is 600 mg or 400 IU; vitamin K2 100 mg ; vitamin C, vitamin B9 1,000 mg ; vitamin B2 , vitamin B6, omega-3 2,000 mg twice daily , plus several other vitamin, mineral, nutrient, and probiotic supplements.
The tests also revealed that his kidneys weren’t working properly . The results of various x-rays and scans to check for cancer were normal. “Globally, there is a growing trend of hypervitaminosis D, a clinical condition characterized by elevated serum vitamin D3 levels,” with women, children, and surgical patients most likely to be affected, write the authors.Recommended vitamin D levels can be obtained from the diet , skin exposure to sunlight, and supplements.
Other associated features, such as keratopathy , joint stiffness , and hearing loss or deafness, have also been reported, they add.
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