Supplements: Docs warn of vitamin D ‘overdose’ risk after man hospitalised – his symptoms

The authors of the case report wrote: “Globally, there is a growing trend of hypervitaminosis D, a clinical condition characterised by elevated serum vitamin D3 levels.

“Given its slow turnover, during which vitamin toxicity develops, symptoms can last for several weeks.”

According to the Medical Express, symptoms of hypervitaminosis are varied and generally result from a build-up of calcium in the blood.

Signs can include drowsiness, confusion, apathy, psychosis, stupor, coma, anorexia, abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation, peptic ulcers, pancreatitis, high blood pressure, and abnormal heart rhythm.

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source: express.co.uk