vitamin D intoxication

vitamin D intoxication

A condition that occurs in those who either self-prescribe megadoses of vitamin D or consume excess dairy products.
Clinical findings
Anorexia, headaches, muscle weakness, nausea, thirst, organ damage (heart, liver, kidney due to calcium deposition); infants given excess vitamin D may develop atheromas, mental retardation, facial dysmorphia, kidney damage, infections, suffer failure to thrive, or die.

vitamin D intoxication

Hypervitaminosis D, vitamin D toxicity Metabolism A condition that follows megadoses of vitamin D, or excess dairy product consumption Clinical Anorexia, headaches, muscle weakness, nausea, thirst, organ damage–heart, liver, kidney due to calcium deposition; infants given excess vitamin D may develop ASHD, mental retardation, facial dysmorphia, kidney damage, infections, FTT, death. See Vitamin D.