Danger_Possum

I know this isn't specifically regarding skin aging and cancer, but I've a few friends with autoimmune conditions (Lupus and Ulcerative Colitis respectively) and both of them have reported a vicious cycle of their condition flaring up when they're vitamin D deficient. Of course, a marker of their conditions is UV hypersensitivity, and neither absorb vitamin D well when it's administered orally, so they're both stuck constantly dealing with inflammation that vitamin D is known to temper slightly.

With that in mind, how would you recommend tackling that cycle of deficiency and inflammation? Is there a specific type of sunscreen they could use which would be more effective at blocking UV?

Ps: Sorry for the rambling question. I got there in the end.

If it helps, I know that vitamin D is an anti-inflammatory in part, and it also plays a big role in the metabolism of other vitamins and minerals in the body, particularly with autoimmune issues; it might well be a knock on effect that ends up helping, but she needed the vitamin D in the beginning to kick start it all off

How often do you name an insect purely for the pun its binominal name makes? By which I mean things like the former binominal name of a clam (Abra cadabra) and Apopyllus now, which I think is a species of spider.