NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Vitamin D helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body. These nutrients are needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. A lack of vitamin D can lead to bone deformities such as rickets in children, and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in adults.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vitamin D deficiency can cause babies and children to get rickets. Rickets is a disease that causes thin, weak and deformed bones. In adults, not having enough vitamin D and calcium causes osteoporosis (loss of bone density) and can lead to fractures (broken bones).

Detailed explanation-3: -Vitamin D deficiency can lead to a loss of bone density, which can contribute to osteoporosis and fractures (broken bones). Severe vitamin D deficiency can also lead to other diseases. In children, it can cause rickets. Rickets is a rare disease that causes the bones to become soft and bend.

Detailed explanation-4: -But as the saying goes, you really can have too much of a good thing: According to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2019, consuming more than the recommended amount of vitamin D-600 IU (international units) per day-could actually decrease your bone density.