Can you get symptoms with slightly low vitamin d
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I’m 16 and I’ve recently been told I have slightly low vitamin d and and calcium when tested as I have been feeling awful for about 2 months. It started with a viral infection which led me to stay indoors for a while and when I recovered from that I went back to college and barely see an sunlight as I’m indoors most of the time. I have another doctors appointment on Wednesday but was wondering if you can still get the symptoms ( bone aches muscle aches head aches etc) but very little fatigue with slightly low vitamin d ; not a deficiency. I have been advised to take over the counter supplements and eat and drink plenty of diary and see sunlight and was wondering if it was the vitamin d causing this.
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EileenH lucas68681
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My husband had a vit D level of 7 - and not a symptom in sight! It very much depends - vit D can be found in patients with autoimmune disorders and it is that that causes symptoms rather than JUST the low vit D itself. The place to start is to get the vit D level up to where it should be - and see if that helps the symptoms. It doesn't happen overnight. But neither does your vit D falling happen quickly - you don't get vit D from sun during the winter anyway. only from May to September in the UK so sun just now won't help much.
I think it is just as likely that you are still suffering the after effects of the viral infection. They can take a few months to really clear up. But why drink and eat dairy? Are you in the UK? Dairy products don't have much vit D naturally and they aren't fortified except in the USA and Canada. Oily fish (salmon, mackerel), egg yolk, mushrooms have some vit D, quite a lot in liver if you like that. But supplements help most.
lucas68681 EileenH
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EileenH lucas68681
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That's good isn't it? As I say - I suspect you are still recovering from the virus. Be patient.
harriet67221 lucas68681
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What dose of vit D have you been taking? Thanks