Lack of vitamin D?

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Hi all lovely ladies I have just received a phone call from my doctors, receptionist  says the doctor wants to phone me tomorrow in regards off my recent blood test results. Lack of vitamin D? Should I b concerned about this? I had 2tests done in regards of been peri?. I'm concerned does anyone have any idea if then relates to been peri? Cheers.xxx

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    I has the exact phone call last week regarding my bloods on a 8 week course now of massive dose of vitamin d
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    Hi Michelle me too had this deficiency show up in my recent blood test too, with me i can understand it as i dont go out much so get enough of it from the sun. ive been put on high dosage of 1000mg

    Sue

    found this which may explain more, would be quicker to give the link but it will probably not be allowed hear so:-

    What is vitamin D?

    The "sunshine" vitamin is a hot topic. You may have recently found out that you are deficient or know someone who is. It's shocking for most people when they have never had a problem before and believe nothing has changed to make it a problem now. The truth is that a lot has changed, and vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency is now a global public-health problem affecting an estimated 1 billion people worldwide.

    The most well-known consequences to not having enough vitamin D are rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. These are far from the only problems associated with a vitamin D deficiency. The consequences are numerous and include skeletal diseases, metabolic disorders, cancer, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune diseases, infections, cognitive disorders, and/or mortality. The majority of our knowledge about vitamin D has been discovered over the past 15 years, and with the growing issue of deficiencies, more health connections with vitamin D levels are being made. Correcting vitamin D deficiency is not as simple as taking a pill or getting more sun. This article will teach you all that you need to know about the benefits of achieving and maintaining optimal vitamin D levels.

    Vitamins are considered essential nutrients because either your body cannot make them or they are made in an inadequate amount. This means you must provide them through your diet or by taking a supplement. They are essential for your health, and when you are lacking in them, there may be health consequences and diseases.

    Vitamin D is one of the four fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K). There are two forms of vitamin D, D2 and D3. Vitamin D2, also known as ergocalciferol, comes from fortified foods, plant foods, and supplements. Vitamin D3, also known as cholecalciferol, comes from fortified foods, animal foods (fatty fish, cod liver oil, eggs, and liver), supplements, and can be made internally when your skin is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. Structurally, these two are not the same.

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    Hi michelle

    i am the same hun, i need Vit D also, as insufficient in Vit D.

    i am post meno age 50 

    Did they say what your result was at all 

    jayx

     

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      Hi Jayneejay, hope you are well lovely lady, I'm sorry it's taken till now to get back to you Apologies!!!!!. I was going to get back to you the following day As I was supposed to get a phone call off my doctor the following day but it didn't happen (a emergency came up apparantely at the surgery) so now I have to go and see her tuesday morning ) I have no idea as to what I will b told all I know is lack of vitamin D? Or what I will b giving? Anyway I will b intouch once I know. Thankyou forneveryone's interest bless xxxxxx
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      Hi Michelle 

      hope your having a nice weekend..

      hope you finally get your Vit D result on Tuesday.

      ask what your level/reault is ..

      mine is 28 .. ( insufficient) 

      good luck my lovely 

      let us know how you get on, and what the prescribe for you.

      jay x

       

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      Hi Jayneejay u to, bet the Spanish weather wher u r is lovely and warm. Here it is again raining!!!!!. My weekend well had real bad acid reflux since Friday with a bad taste in my mouth that won't disappear !! My casuals for the acid reflux don't seem to b shifting it. When I go to see the doctor I will ask for the reading Thankyou, I will keep u updatede thank u for asking. Take care Janeejay. Enjoy ur weekend. Xxx
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      Hi michelle

      Oh acid reflux not nice, i got that when i was in peri menopause., and only omeprazole worked for me from the doctor.

      Weather good yes 😃.

      Only prob is i keep getting reoccurring shingles and this month had it twice, just come back again.

      Soo painful and always in same place on buttock, deep burning pain for 3 days then a few blisters ..

      Baffling me, but may be worse due to D problems

      Take care hun

      Jay xx

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      Acid reflux, peri menpause all these blaming problems they cause us ladies!!! U take care and enjoy your fab weather over there in Spain,Hun &speak to you tue eveningxx
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      Hi Jayneejay, well I have had my results back for my Vitamin D results. I'm absolutely shocked and devasteded at the results she said I should read about 50 BUT I had a reading of 7. 7 my god I feel like a freak that never Venchers out.  I asked how this was possible "just the way society live now". Ima Mortified to say the least. I do go out obviously not enough!!!!!!. Anyway foods aren't going to b enough I have been put on Colecalciferol? U heard of it? I have to take 2a week with food. For 28 days and try to b outside ( to boost the vitamin D for about 20 minutes each day or every other day). Go back for anther blood test then to see if I have made any improvement.  Xxxx 
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      Hi Michelle

      good lord that is deficient.. 7.7

      mines just insufficient 

      yes i have just got some D3 cholecalciferol 2200iu for me sol gar do it .

      what strength have they put you on hun, blimey you should feel better soon keep taking the D3 daily, did the doctor prescribe it for you ..

      good luck hun

      thanks for keeping me up to date and sharing 

      jay xx

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      Hi it's a 7 week course Jayneejay that i have been put on !!!!. For my low Vitamin D reading!. 2 a week, it's a 500MCG or 20.000 unit. 1 casual with a meal. And I have started today, also brought in Sardines, Tuna(tinned) and mentioned something about Flax seeds ( I have heard but never had?). I do eat hralthy, and she did say eating these foods alone wouldn't b enough so this is why I have to go on this course of tablets!!!.xx
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    Hi Michelle,

    Vit D deficiency is more common than you think and is not related to the menopause. A lot of children have it. Our modern lifestyle has a lot to answer for in this respect. We sit at keyboards all day and when we do go out we are covered in sunscreen!

    The current EC 'Recommended Daily Allowance' MAY be woefully inadequate. (1000mg is 500% of RDA). A friend who tested deficient in D3 was on 2000mg for a while. We are only just beginning to see how important vit D is!

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    Hi Michelle

    I found out today that i also have a vit D deficiency, Dr is sorting out a prescription for me, I will pick it up in the morning. I do not know the dose but thought she said my result was 30, it was a telephone conversation so do not know more than that.

    I am 53 & peri menopause.

     

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      I am post menopausal by 3 years aged 52 I am on a 8 week course of 20000mg of vit D as bloods showed that I was vit D depleted my doctor did say it's more common in the menopause to be depleted or very low something to do with drop of hormones apparently
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      hi Deb

      please let me know what the doc precribes for you, my D level is 28 ..

      jay x

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      Hi

      Dr has prescribed 3200mg of vit D for 90 days then further blood tests to see if i need to stay on them or dose altered.

      D x

       

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      Hi Deb 

      i live in spain and having reouble finding the correct Vit D for me..

      like ( similar )  you my result is 28.

      i keep getting re-occuring shingles like every few weeks.

      can you tell me what the box name is of your Vit D .

      and its 3200MG .. not MCG ..

      vit D is normally in IU ..

      maybe you have a calcium mix with it ..

      i currently take Natecal but its not strong enough 

      thats Calcium and Vit D3 .. As calcium is required for D absortion.

      thanks hun

      jay x

       

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