March 28, 2024

Yesterday my wife got results from some blood tests and they showed that she had a vitamin D deficiency.

I thought that this was odd since I was under the impression that anyone that got enough sun would have their bodies create enough vitamin D to stay healthy.

I was apparently wrong.

Not only is my wife deficient but a friend of hers as well as my sister too. I am not sure how widespread the problem of vitamin D deficiency is but in looking this up I have found that it is a lot more common than we would believe.

The body creates vitamin D and you also get it from fish and bread that is fortified with Vitamin D. Other sources of Vitamin D include eggs and liver.

Causes of Vitamin D deficiency

vitamin-dThe primary way that people become deficient in Vitamin D is by not getting enough sun or by having the body block the creation of Vitamin D (Did you know that your body creates it’s own Vitamin D?).

Pregnant women or women that are breastfeeding as well as people that wear a veil or other bodycovering outside as well as people taking carbamezepine, phenytoin, primidone or barbiturates are the most at risk of being low in Vitamin D

Signs of Vitamin D deficiency

There are a few signs of vitamin D deficiency, mostly a sense of tiredness and muscle soreness or weakness and bone and joint soreness are the most common.

But in kids low Vitamin D can manifest as severe athsma as recent research has found. And also in kids it is critical to find this deficiency as it can lead to bad bones and late teeth as well as soft bone tissue, and we all know how much kids want to run around and play!

Fixing Vitamin D deficiency

The most important way though that Vitamin D deficiency can be found is by a blood test.

The simple test will come with results of what the level of toxicity is as well as low and normal levels. To improve your levle of vitamin D you can take supplements which come in 400 or 1000 IU amounts and must be taken for weeks or months to raise the level of Vitamin D that you have.

Toxicity is kind of difficult as the highest recommended amount of Vitamin D to ingest is about 10,000 IU.

Getting outdoors and fixing any health issues that are causing this will obviously help as well. In some situations when a person is chronically low or needs to raise the vitamin D level quickly you can get injections.

5 thoughts on “Vitamin D Deficiency

  1. Yeah i hope this info helps me. I have been vitamin D deficiancy for years now and Just constintally feel tired and week but I have hope in what will help me from you guys thanks

  2. Barb– your comment makes me hopeful. I have recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and have been in horrible condition for the past 3 years– horrible pain and fatigue. Before being diagnosed last year I had a vitamin d deficiancy and was put on meds but it didn’t work– now they tell me it’s even lower so hopefully they can do the same for me and I can have results like your daughter!! That is wonderful. Thanks 🙂

  3. my daughter was diagnosed three weeks ago. for 5 years she has suffered from chronic fatigue/fybromialgia and was almost bedridden. Simply taking 10,000 Vit D3 in liquid form for three weeks has TRANSFORMED her life. Today she walked 2.5 miles and hula hooped. She is going downtown with her sister. All pain is gone, tiredness is vanishing, mood has improved by leaps and bounds. We are only hoping it is the total answer to all the unanswered questions over these years.

  4. Excellent post! Vitamin D deficiency is widespread and not getting enough of this nutrient can increase your risk for all sorts of medical maladies. Many physicians are even recommending it to their patients, even those they see in the ER for a heart attack.

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