Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 12
First page : ( 1161) Last page : ( 1167)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.02007.7

Effect of Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Woman

Fakhry Faeza A*

University of AL-Nahrain, Health Center, Iraq

*Corresponding author: Faeza A. Fakhry University of AL-Nahrain, Health Center, Iraq.

Online published on 2 February, 2019.

Abstract

Vitamin D defciency (VDD) is a serious health problem for pregnant woman and their children. Because of the poor cultural and economic situation suffered by society and the adoption of the wrong system of nutrition and insuffcient exposure to the sun and incorrectly. Vitamin D defciency results in complications for newborns, which include low birth weight, low growth and respiratory infection. The ratio of the mother also causes vitamin D defciency to several complications, including pregnancy diabetes due to a change in the proportion of glucose in pregnancy, septicemia and bacterial vaginosis. This complication may be due to lack of vitamin D supplementation by pregnant women. The association of vitamin defciency during pregnancy with biochemical reactions affects the fetus in the formation of the skeleton, resulting in children with congenital rickets and fractures. Objectives: To assess the vitamin D defciency in pregnant woman and her fetus health state, to identify the effect of vitamin D defciency in pregnant woman and her fetus.

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Keywords

Effect, Vitamin D pdefciency, regnantpwomanp.

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