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Sun rash is also called solallergi or polymorft lysutslett. In Scandinavia, probably 10-15 percent of the population this serious skin disease.

Who gets sun rash?
Sun rash is most common in children and adolescents, but can occur at any age. It is not uncommon for adults who have endured the sun well, suddenly develops sun rash. Sun rash often move by itself.

What is sun rash?
Sun rash is an allergic reaction in the skin. This response is triggered when ultraviolet rays hitting your skin. Most often it is the UVA, which provides sun rash, but also the UVB can cause the same reaction. The energy from the ultraviolet rays emitted in the skin and affect the cells. We do not know the exact mechanism that causes the immune system recognize these reactions as “undesirable” and starts an allergic reaction. Read the rest of this entry »

Women with low vitamin D levels had a 94 percent chance the cancer would spread through the body, ten years after diagnosis
Vitamin D levels and mortality of breast cancers among women are directly related, according to a Canadian study released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

According to the study, women diagnosed with breast cancer and low vitamin D levels have twice the chance of disease spreading through his body and 73 percent more likely to die from cancer than women with high amounts of the vitamin.

In the more northern countries of the world-including Canada-a lack of vitamin D is endemic due to the few hours of sunshine during the long winters. The lack of sunlight prevents the body naturally produces vitamin through contact of skin with ultraviolet rays.

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