Doctors have warned people not to take too many vitamin D supplements after a man needed eight days of hospital care because he took an overdose.
The middle-aged man had been experiencing symptoms such as vomiting, nausea and cramps in his legs for three months when his doctor referred him to hospital for treatment.
According to BMJ Case Reports magazine, symptoms began about a month after starting an intensive vitamin supplement regimen.
He also experienced tinnitus, dry mouth, weight loss, increased thirst and diarrhea.
Doctors said the overdose condition, called hypervitaminosis D, is on the rise, although it is still uncommon.
The man’s daily diet had included more than 20 over-the-counter supplements.
As part of this, I was taking 50,000 mg of vitamin D – the daily requirement is 600 mg.
Tests showed that her vitamin D levels were seven times the required level and her body had high levels of magnesium and calcium. His kidneys were not working properly either.
Intravenous fluids were used to cleanse his system and he was given medications to reduce excessive levels of calcium in his blood.
But two months after hospital discharge, vitamin D levels in her body were still higher than necessary.
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The report’s authors said that “globally, there is a growing trend of hypervitaminosis D,” but stressed that this was just one case.
The NHS website says that “some people will not produce enough vitamin D from sunlight because they have very little or no exposure to the sun.”
It is recommended that adults and children over the age of four be able to take a daily supplement containing 10 mg of vitamin D throughout the year if they are not often outdoors, they are in an institution such as a nursing home. or they usually wear clothes that cover most of their life. skin when outdoors.