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1 in 4 Chronic Pain Patients Has Vitamin D Deficiency, Which Can Worsen Pain

Posted from The Fibromyalgia Research Blog 135 days ago
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Vitamin D deficiency has been known for a while to be common in fibromyalgia patients, and research has even linked it with anxiety and depression in fibromyalgia. New research, however, shows that Vitamin D deficiency may in fact cause worsening of chronic pain in general. The American Society of Anesthesiologists recently released results of a Mayo Clinic study that shows that 1/4 of chronic pain patients have inadequate blood levels of vitamin D. The study also suggests that such a deficiency can possibly contribute to the severity of chronic pain. Their study showed that patients who have... (original story)