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The case shows the difficulty in diagnosing certain conditions when standard tests are negative.
Vitamin D is crucial for skin health and managing skin diseases.
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Older people tend to have higher biotin levels, which are weakly linked to certain blood components and negatively linked to triglycerides; biotin should be checked in patients with high triglycerides or medication-related skin issues, and only supplemented if deficient. Vitamin D and folate deficiencies are linked to specific skin conditions.