Description
Vitamin D Self Testing Kit
What is Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D deficiency is the state of having inadequate amounts of Vitamin D in your body, which may cause health problems like brittle bones and muscle weakness. Many people are deficient and do not realise it as they do not experience any symptoms and doctors do not routinely check vitamin D levels.
What Causes Vitamin D deficiency
People who do not have adequate levels of Vitamin D may be deficient for any of these reason:
- Not enough exposure to sun
- Darker skin pigment
- Malnutrition
- Kidney or Liver failure, which prevents the body from adequately processing Vitamin D
- Certain medications
- A family history of vitamin D deficiency or childhood rickets
Known Facts of Vitamin D Deficiency
- Approximately 22% of the UK population have Vitamin D deficiency
- More common in men
- Vegans
- Coeliac disease, Celiac disease, Cystic Fibrosis and Crohn’s Disease
- The best way to identify Vitamin D deficiency is to measure 25-hydroxy Vitamin D
- The best source of Vitamin D is exposure to sunshine
- Foods like oily fish (Salmon, mackerel, herring etc) Liver, egg yolk and red meat are rich in Vitamin D
- In children it can cause a disease called rickets that leads to bony deformities
- In adults it causes Osteomalacia (Soft bone disease)
Why you should test yourself for Vitamin D deficiency
- Fatigue or constant tiredness
- Muscle Pain
- Bone pain
- Increased Sensitivity to pain
- A tingle, “pins-and-needles” sensation in the hands and feet
- Muscle weakness, in the upper arms and thigh area
- Muscle cramps/spasms, twitches or tremors
- Poor sleep
- Hair loss
- Loss of appetite
- Suffering from the “winter blues”
Why our Vitamin D Self Testing Kit
- Our test is a rapid test
- It measures 25-hydroxy Vitamin D
- It can be done at home without a visit to the GP
- It utilises your blood from a pin prick
- The results are reliable and accurate
- They are available within 10 minutes
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