Hypothesis: Dyslexia and low vitamin D - early 2013

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Could a Vitamin D Deficiency Cause Dyslexia? Spring 2013

Dyslexia is similar to autism

• Dyslexia tends to run in families, as does autism.
• Dyslexic children often exhibit developmental delays in motor skills as do autistic children.
• Many of the symptoms of dyslexia overlap the symptoms of ADHD, Asperger's and autism.
• Children diagnosed with ADHD, Asperger's and autism often also struggle with reading
• Increased consumption of fish has been shown to be linked to both autism and reading ability.
• Dyslexia and autism both affect more boys than girls.

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Children with dyslexia are also usually deficient in Zinc, Magnesium, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D

Overcoming Dyslexiagold UK

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VitaminDWiki – Vision category contains:

• 12% larger pupils in children who are Vitamin D deficient – Feb 2024 parasympathetic nervous system?
• Myopia, AMD, Dry Eye, and Diabetic Retinopathy are all associated with low Vitamin D - April 2023
• An ocular disease can be associated with low vitamin D and 1 of 5 poor vitamin D genes – June 2022
• Eye vitamin D may not be associated with blood VitD, but is associated with CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 – Nov 2019
• Vitamin D treats and prevents a variety of eye problems (need 70 ng) – June 2018
• Vitamin D and Myopia, AMD, Diabetic Retinopathy, Uveitis, Glaucoma, VDR etc. – May 2015
• Tears often have 25 % higher levels of vitamin D than does blood

Vision problems having many studies on VitaminDWiki

• Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Vitamin D - many studies
• Cataracts and Vitamin D - many studies
• Diabetic Retinopathy associated with low Vitamin D - many studies
• 7+ studies of Glaucoma and Vitamin D
• 21+ studies of Myopia and Vitamin D

110 items in Vision category