D protects during pregnancy

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D protects

during pregnancy , Baltimore sun

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-

te.pregnancy08sep08,0,6879185.story?track=rss

 

Study finds that deficiency increases risk of

preeclampsia By Thomas H. Maugh II September 8, 2007 Baltimore Sun

 

Vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of

life-threatening preeclampsia during pregnancy five-fold, Pennsylvania

researchers reported yesterday.

Some researchers have suspected that low levels of

vitamin D contribute to the disorder, which is characterized by soaring blood

pressure and swelling of the hands and feet, but the new study is the first to

examine its role directly........

 

.........Preeclampsia affects as many as 7 percent of

first pregnancies and can progress to eclampsia, which produces seizures and

often-fatal complications of the liver, kidneys, lungs, blood and nervous

system. Eclampsia causes 15 percent of maternal deaths during pregnancy and as

many as 70 percent of such deaths in developing countries........

 

Many are lacking in vitamin d the most natural source is

limited sun exposure, other sources cod liver oil ect