For those suffering from vitamin D deficiency, this photo may make your heart skip a beat. An X-ray image of the hand of a person lacking vitamin D is spreading on social networks and causing panic among netizens. “Hypercalcemia is a rare complication of vitamin D deficiency, in which excess calcium from bone resorption forms complex structures resembling primary teeth. New teeth grow on other bones each other, such as this patient’s hand, causing bone fractures and joint dysfunction,” tweets @Valdevia_Art.
Hypercalcemia is a rare complication of vitamin D deficiency, in which excess calcium from bone resorption forms complex structures that resemble baby teeth. New teeth grow on different bones, such as this patient’s hand, causing bone fractures and joint dysfunction. pic.twitter.com/9rZwJ8LjqK
— Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 🦟 (@Valdevia_Art) November 2, 2022
The image looks like an X-ray of a palm with tiny teeth forming on the bone, which the Twitter account claims is due to vitamin D levels in the body. However, in another tweet, it was confirmed that it was photoshop work.
Many people have reacted to this image mainly due to the severity of vitamin D deficiency and the complications that arise. “As someone with vitamin D deficiency, you scare me,” one Twitter user said. Another said: “Please say you’re joking. Because I have vitamin D deficiency and am not ready to take medicine regularly.”
Another user made more of an effort to call a spade a spade. “I’m almost certain that this is a fake image. How is it that ALL the teeth from different parts of the hand will lie in perfect lateral orientation on the X-ray? And you only see the teeth that are pictured.” complete and perfect, nothing deformed or partially formed,” the user wrote. What everyone needs to know Vitamin D deficiency is a serious health complication and should not be ignored at any cost. When the body lacks vitamin D, bones will weaken. Patients must experience terrible pain in the joint areas. In addition, vitamin D also leads to hair loss, fatigue and some cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune problems and neurological problems.
