Vitamin D deficiency.

BTW Itchy skin can be associated with Vitamin D deficiency. My own symptoms, which were/are seriously threatening my quality of life, are bone and muscle pains in my legs and lower back.

I did this for 3 years, hated doing the pin prick but now know how much I need and take it every day. I feel great and always have lots of energy. Also balance with other minerals like mag and with vit K. I was part of the initial d`action programme
www.grassrootshealth.net/project/daction/

I'm diabetic, so used to pin pricks :-(.

Hi all ,

Very first post so hope you don't mind me joining in.

I have taken Vit D ( colecalciferol 800iu ( 20mg Vit d) daily for around 6 or 7 years now as a maintainence dose. Until starting this dose, I was prescribed 26,000 iu daily for 6 months. My Vit D level was 14 before I started the tablets. It was last tested in June this year and was 51.5 which is the highest it has been for over a decade. According to the doctor, it needs to be between 50 and 120 to be within normal range.

My DH had vitamin D deficiency last year. He is coeliac and apparently there can be an absorbtion problem with vitamin D. He looked like death warmed up, had no energy and pins and needles in his hands. People were asking me what was the matter with him and we were both very worried. Our G.P. prescribed some injections, followed by daily tablets and he is now just fine.

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This thread two years old.

Reported.

I'm taking up this thread even though it's two years old. I find it strange that we are all encouraged to take/prescribed Vit D nowadays, as I've always believed that you can have too much of this vitamin as it's not water soluble like Vit C for instance, where if you take too much your body simply flushes it out with urine. It's even recommended in hot countries like Australia! Makes me wonder why all of the sudden people seem to be deficient in it and all sorts of symptoms are blamed on it!

in hot countries like Australia
Where people have been told to Slip, Slop, Slap since the 1980s and are still very careful indeed about sun protection.

PernillaVannilla being coeliac can mean that many nutrients are not absorbed into the bloodstream, one of the ones causing such problems is iron.
Did the GP check his iron levels too?

Firstly, as the original poster, I reported this thread of two years ago, due to the spam post offering vitamins online, which came before BlueSky's post.

For those of us who suffer from osteoporosis and are unable to take oral biophosphates, it is essential for doctors check Vitamin D levels, before administering an Alendronic acid infusion. This is done annually, prior to the treatment being administered.
This infusion can leach Vitamin D from the body, so it is essential to check Vit D levels before commencing treatment.
In my case, the levels didn't register at all, so I had a very high dose course of Vitamin D, prescribed by an endocrinologist for I received an infusion.

Low levels of Vitamin D can cause:
Increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease
Cognitive impairment in older adults
Severe asthma in children
Cancer

For some reason, my body wasn't storing Vitamin D.
Being faired skinned, red haired and living in northern climate with little sunshine, probably contributed to this.

My own GP prescribed vid D and while he was away for a few weeks last year i had to see another Dr about another thing and she took them off me and said you don't need those
I do buy them now but i forget sometimes, whereas on prescription i never forgot each month
I was very annoyed with this other Dr as she tried to stop other meds too, i did say then,i would prefer my own Dr to decide this,or not

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Marydoll why does your post on Vit D attract spammers?

He has been on just about every thread during the night!
Doesn't he realise that if you have low Vit D, you are knackered! ?

Marydoll

He even posted on a bereavement thread.
Idiot.
No wonder he's alone.

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