In Riley Peterson’s article on prevention of musculoskeletal pain through the use of Vitamin D, he speaks about the skeletal pain being a very common after effect of one of the most prevalent forms of cancer amongst women. He speaks about different hormones interacting with the female body and how they may cause pain but through the use of Vitamin D they may create other hormones that will block the pain.
Key Takeaways:
- Breast cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer in women worldwide
- Baseline vitamin D levels revealed that 13.4% of patients were deficient (<10 ng/ml) and 73.2 % of patients were insufficient in 25-hydroxy vitamin D (10-30 ng/ml).
- There was a positive correlation between serum vitamin D levels and calcium (p<0.001) as well as between serum vitamin D levels and phosphorus (p<0.001).
“Vitamin D supplementation is important for those who do not spend much time outside in the noonday sun, or at times when your shadow is shorter than you are.”