Do you work daily? Beware of hypovitaminosis!
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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People who day and night "disappear" at work, with time, there may be problems with the teeth and frequent depressions - signs of Vitamin D hypovitaminosis.
Scientific experts from the Canadian University of Alberta presented a list of professions, whose representatives are more prone to a lack of vitamin D in the body. This list was presented on the pages of the periodical scientific publication BMC Public Health.
"Our long-term research was based on the fact that professional activity is the fundamental factor on which the presence of vitamin D in the body depends , and its quantity. Representatives of certain professions, we recommend that you regularly give blood for analysis, in time to prevent the adverse effects of vitamin deficiency, "notes Dr. Sebastien Straubet.
Specialists distributed especially risky occupations according to the degree of risk:
- 80% - daily workers
- 77% - office workers
- 72% - medical students
- 65% - clinicians
- 46% - doctors
- 43% - medium and junior medical staff
"The synthesis of vitamin D in the body occurs under the influence of sunlight. Because of this, a person staying outdoors is a must. The lack of ultraviolet rays adversely affects the health, first of all, of the daily workers, office and medical workers, "says Professor Straubet.
It is noted that more than 90% of office workers, being for professional reasons in closed premises, often and to varying degrees suffer from hypovitaminosis. It is worth noting that the lack of vitamin is not in all cases manifested by any symptoms: nevertheless, the threat to health exists, and considerable.
If differentiation is carried out, hypovitaminosis of vitamin D in people who often stay in the open air is noted only in 45-48% of cases.
Conclusions made by scientists are based on data obtained during more than 70 scientific experiments. Almost 54 thousand volunteers from different countries of the world were involved in these experiments. In particular, the research data that have been carried out for many years in countries with a temperate climate have also been taken into account.
Experts advise that if certain categories of people do not have the opportunity to be exposed to sunlight more often, then it makes sense to periodically take medications, which contain vitamin D.
If you ignore this advice, the consequences of hypovitaminosis D can be deplorable:
- pain in the head and dizziness;
- pain in the muscles and fascia;
- frequent and prolonged depression;
- oncological processes in the reproductive system, in the intestine, in the prostate gland;
- osteoporosis, brittle bones;
- loss of teeth, periodontal inflammation.
If you correctly assess the degree of occupational risks, you can make timely conclusions and prevent a shortage of vitamin, thereby protecting yourself from negative and dangerous consequences.
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