(Your bodynormallymanufactures VitaminD with the help of sunlight.) Prolongeddeficiencycancauseboneandmuscleweakness, buttwomonthsprobably isn't enough to do long-termdamage.
"These are very high-force, high-impact injuries so they cause a lot of damage to tissue and to bone, " said Ron Walls, chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.