After an accelerated consumption of vitamins and minerals, a man arrived at a UK hospital for a case of “vitamin D poisoning”being the example of the exponential growth of these situations in Europe.
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According to the BMJ Case Report, an unidentified subject arrived at the emergency room with a higher than normal level of calcium, in addition to having suffered serious vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dry mouth, cramps and a mitigating factor for three months. having lost 30 pounds in this time frame.
“Worldwide, there is a growing trend of hypervitaminosis D, a clinical condition characterized by elevated levels of vitamin D3 in serum,” announced medical organizations.
After regaining consciousness, the patient reported that his symptoms began after starting a process with a private nutritionist. The hospital report reported that the man had consumed 50,000 milligrams of vitamin D, a hundred times more than the recommended 600 milligrams daily.
Additionally, reports also reported high doses of vitamin K2, C, B9, omega 3, zinc, and magnesium.
Despite stopping this “diet”, the symptoms did not disappear and gradually worsened in the middle-aged man’s health.
Despite being hospitalized for eight days and after a continuous follow-up of two months, the levels of vitamin D did not decrease in his body due to the complexity of dissipating from the body.
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*With information from EFE and AFP
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