The connection between hair loss and Vitamin D Deficiency

What is a deficiency?

When your body is not getting the right amount of nutrients from the food, it creates a deficiency in the body. Our body needs all the vitamin to function properly. The lack of vitamin leads to several problems such as hair loss, knee pain, swelling, joint pain etc.

Why Vitamin D is necessary?

One such deficiency is Vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D helps in maintaining the proper growth of the body

Some of the factors are mentioned below:

• Vitamin D helps in keeping the body balanced.

• Vitamin D helps to fight diseases such as heart disease, prevent flu.

• Scientists have found that Vitamin D helps in reducing depression and regulate the mood.

• Intake of Vitamin D prevents weight loss also.

If a person is having the deficiency of Vitamin D, he/she will face some problems. These are mentioned below:

• Weakness

• Muscle pain

• Joint pain (while climbing the stairs)

• High blood pressure

• Other health-related problems

• In some cases, it increases the chances of having cancer.

Natural ways to include Vitamin D in your diet:

• Fish such as salmon

• Soya milk

• Orange juice

• Cheese

One of the major problems of Vitamin D deficiency is ‘hair loss’.

Vitamin D helps to maintain a proper body and it keep the new and old hair follicles grow properly. It stimulates the hair follicles and prevents the problem of hair loss. The patient going through hair loss treatment can take Vitamin D supplements. But it's not evident that the problem will be solved completely.

There are many supplements available in the market to get rid of the deficiency. But one should keep in mind that the Vitamin D supplements are fat-soluble and generate far too much if the intake is very high. One must consult the doctor to have a better understanding of the problem and have to solve them.