Vitamine D ifasha umubiri wawe kwinjiza kalisiyumu no gukomeza amagufwa yawe mu buzima bwawe bwose. Umubiri wawe ukora vitamine D iyo imirasire ya UV y'izuba igeze ku ruhu rwawe. Andi masoko meza ya vitamine arimo amafi, amagi, n'ibikomoka ku mata bikungahaye ku ntungamubiri. Iraboneka kandi nk'inyongera mu mirire.

Vitamine D igomba kunyura mu buryo butandukanye mu mubiri wawe mbere yuko umubiri wawe uyikoresha. Impinduka ya mbere iba mu mwijima. Aha, umubiri wawe uhindura vitamine D mo ikinyabutabire kizwi nka 25-hydroxyvitamin D, nanone cyitwa calcidiol.

Ikizamini cya 25-hydroxy vitamine D ni bwo buryo bwiza bwo kugenzura urugero rwa vitamine D. Ingano ya 25-hydroxy vitamine D mu maraso yawe ni ikimenyetso cyiza cy'ingano ya vitamine D mu mubiri wawe. Ikizamini gishobora kugaragaza niba urugero rwa vitamine D mu mubiri wawe ruri hejuru cyane cyangwa hasi cyane.

Iki kizamini kizwi kandi nk'ikizamini cya vitamine D cya 25-OH n'ikizamini cya calcidiol 25-hydroxycholecalcifoerol. Kishobora kuba ikimenyetso cy'ingenzi cy'ukoindwara yo gucika kw'amagufwa (osteoporosis)(intege nke z'amagufwa) naindwara z'inyuma(ubumuga bw'amagufwa).

Muganga wawe ashobora gusaba ikizamini cya 25-hydroxy vitamine D kubera impamvu zitandukanye. Bishobora kubafasha kumenya niba vitamine D nyinshi cyangwa nkeya ari zo zitera intege nke z'amagufwa cyangwa izindi ndwara. Bishobora kandi gukurikirana abantu bashobora kugira ibyago byo kugira ikibazo cyo kurwara indwara yakubura vitamine D.

Abantu bafite ibyago byinshi byo kugira vitamine D nke barimo:

• abantu badakunze kwibasirwa n'izuba
• abantu bakuru
• abantu bafite umubyibuho ukabije
• abana bonsa gusa (amata y'ifu akunze kongerwamo vitamine D)
• abantu babazwe igifu
• abantu bafite indwara ifata amara kandi igatuma umubiri udashobora kwinjiza intungamubiri, urugero nkaIndwara ya Crohn

Muganga wawe ashobora kandi kukwifuza ko ukora ikizamini cya 25-hydroxy vitamine D niba yamaze kukuvura ikibazo cyo kubura vitamine D kandi akaba ashaka kureba niba ubuvuzi bukora neza.