Vitamina D y aparato visual

Abstract

This work is based on a systematic review where it is analysed the role of vitamin D in the visual system. To get deeper into the subject, an initial search is done with the aim of getting to know everything related to vitamin D including its metabolism and its role on a systemic level, that is to say, the importance of vitamin D for the correct functioning of the different structures of the human body. With this work, it is pretended to review the current literature with the purpose of reaching the main ocular pathologies in whose appearance or severity vitamin D deficiency could be involved. For that purpose, Pubmed, Scopus and Cochrane databases are going to be used. At this point, the different search strategies are going to be performed establishing our own criteria for inclusion and exclusion in order to obtain the most current and suited articles to our aim. After reviewing the selected articles’ content, it has been discovered the impact that vitamin D has on the different structures of the visual system which includes: cornea, uvea, retina, lacrimal apparatus or system and eye’s lens. In addition, it could have been determined in which types of eye diseases serum levels of 25 (OH) D affect the onset, development and symptomatology of the disease, as well as activities or habits that promote vitamin D deficiency