
10 Mins
7 Feb 2022
Vitamin D Deficiency Presenting as Proximal Myopathy: An Overlooked Diagnosis - A Case Series and Review of the Literature
Vitamin D is essential for skeletal and skeletal muscle health. It is present in varying quantities in certain foods, but the average diet does not contain enough to meet daily needs. A good source is exposure to sunlight for sufficient time to enable the skin to synthesise the vitamin from cholesterol using the ultraviolet spectrum. In some countries, a regulated process of fortification of certain commonly consumed foods exists.