Suggested For Pregnant Women Eating Every Day Vitamin D

Suggested For Pregnant Women Eating Every Day Vitamin D

As reported by The Telegraph, Wednesday (14/12/2011), health practitioners Andrew Walker asked the government to consider giving vitamin D to all pregnant and lactating mothers as much as 10 mcg per day to increase public awareness of vitamin D deficiency

Walker wrote to the Minister of Health that all pregnant women and lactating mothers taking vitamin D. Walker wrote the letter after holding a one-week examination of the cause of death of a 3-month-old infant.

Baby named Milind Agarwal was taken to the doctor in July with the symptoms of suspected viral infection. The baby was then invited back and given nose drops.

Consultation by telephone with other doctors recommend that parents give paracetamol, but his father and mother are still worried and called an ambulance. Her son was then taken to Northwick Park Hospital in north London and not otherwise completely healthy.

The baby eventually died of septic inflammation of the liver due to an aortic heart valve in an abnormal condition.

A consultant pediatric pathologist said the cause of death that the baby's vitamin D deficiency plays a role in the development of infection and recommended that all pregnant and lactating women are prescribed vitamin D every day.

Previous studies found that pregnant women and women who are trying to conceive most are not getting enough vitamin D.

If many people can get vitamin D from sunlight, people who live in cold countries may not get enough intake. As a result, the body often rely on vitamin D from supplements purchased at a pharmacy during the winter.