Musculoskeletal pain in female asylum seekers and hypovitaminosis D 3
- 15 July 2004
- Vol. 329 (7458) , 156-157
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7458.156
Abstract
We expected to see this disease in female asylum seekers, especially in those from societies with different customs regarding exposure to sunlight and diet. We report 11 cases of symptomatic hypovitaminosis D3 in female asylum seekers (table 1). We focus on the pathology encountered by the primary care doctors caring for these 11 patients, the length of time between the appearance of symptoms, and the establishment of the diagnosis of hypovitaminosis D3 as well as the women's response to treatment by the improvement of a wide range of clinical symptoms—bone pain, muscular weakness, and fatigue.Keywords
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