Vitamin D deficiency: a modern approach to pathogenesis and therapy

Abstract

During pregnancy and breastfeeding, the needs of the woman's body increase. Food substances entering the body are used both for feeding the mother's body and for building the organs (structures) of the fetus and its life support. Deficit states contribute to the development of various obstetric complications, pathological course of pregnancy and childbirth, adversely affect the formation of the placenta, the transmission through it of micronutrients from mother to child, increase the risk of deficiency in the child, violations of early neonatal adaptation and the formation of abnormalities in the health of children at the stage of postnatal ontogenesis. Daily vitamin D supplementation throughout pregnancy has a preventive effect and may reduce the risk of preeclampsia, endothelial dysfunction, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, neonatal hypocalcemia.

Keywords

• vitamin d
• prevention
• obstetric and neonatal complications
• endothelial dysfunction
• deficit states