Vitamini D imathandiza kuti thupi lanu litenge kashiamu ndikukhalabe ndi mafupa olimba m'moyo wanu wonse. Thupi lanu limapanga vitamini D pamene kuwala kwa dzuwa kwa UV kukhudza khungu lanu. Magwero enanso abwino a vitaminiyu ndi nsomba, mazira, ndi mkaka wosakanizika. Imapezekanso ngati chowonjezera chazakudya.

Vitamini D iyenera kudutsa m'njira zingapo m'thupi lanu thupi lanu lisanagwiritse ntchito. Kusintha koyamba kumachitika m'chiwindi. Apa, thupi lanu limasintha vitamini D kukhala mankhwala otchedwa 25-hydroxyvitamin D, omwe amatchedwanso calcidiol.

Mayeso a 25-hydroxy vitamin D ndiyo njira yabwino kwambiri yowonera kuchuluka kwa vitamini D. Kuchuluka kwa 25-hydroxyvitamin D m'magazi anu ndi chizindikiro chabwino cha kuchuluka kwa vitamini D mthupi lanu. Mayeso amatha kudziwa ngati ma vitamin D anu ali okwera kwambiri kapena otsika kwambiri.

Mayesowa amadziwikanso kuti 25-OH vitamin D test ndi calcidiol 25-hydroxycholecalcifoerol test. Ikhoza kukhala chizindikiro chofunikira chamatenda osteoporosis(fupa kufooka) ndirickets(kuwonongeka kwa mafupa).

Dokotala wanu akhoza kupempha kuyesa kwa 25-hydroxy vitamini D pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana. Zitha kuwathandiza kudziwa ngati vitamini D yochuluka kapena yochepa kwambiri imayambitsa kufooka kwa mafupa kapena zolakwika zina. Ithanso kuyang'anira anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chokhala ndi akusowa kwa vitamini D.

Omwe ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu chokhala ndi vitamini D ochepa ndi awa:

• anthu omwe samakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi dzuwa
• akulu akulu
• anthu onenepa
• makanda omwe amayamwitsa mkaka wa m'mawere okha ( mkaka wa m'mawere nthawi zambiri umakhala ndi vitamini D)
• anthu omwe achitidwa opaleshoni yodutsa m'mimba
• anthu omwe ali ndi matenda omwe amakhudza matumbo ndipo zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuti thupi litenge zakudya, mongaMatenda a Crohn

Dokotala wanu angafunenso kuti muyese 25-hydroxy vitamin D ngati akupezani kale kuti muli ndi vuto la vitamini D ndipo akufuna kuwona ngati chithandizo chikugwira ntchito.