Vitamin D deficient and I have a question. HELP!?

Question

Ok so I just found out that I am extremely Vitamin D deficient. Like crazy deficient. The doctor doesn't know how long my levels have been like this but since I started have the severe symptoms I have been having shocks all over my body which my doctor said is normal in ppl that have a deficiency as low as mine but what he did not address is the pain and cracking i have been having in my back and neck. What does a extreme Vitamin Deficiency do to your body over time? Could my spine possibly be damaged due to my deficiency?
Thanks!

Answer 1

What are the symptoms of vitamin D deficiency?



Many people have no symptoms, or only vague ones such as tiredness or aches. Other symptoms may be:



* Muscle pains or muscle weakness. In more severe deficiency, this may cause difficulty standing up or climbing stairs, or can lead to the person walking with a ‘waddling’ pattern.

* Bone pains, often in the back, hips or legs.

* Children with severe deficiency may have soft skull or leg bones. This can make the legs look curved or bow-legged. Other symptoms in children are poor growth and delayed/weak teeth.

* Muscle spasms (cramps), seizures and breathing difficulties can occur in babies and children with very severe deficiency.

Are there any complications from vitamin D deficiency?



Mild or short-lived vitamin D deficiency usually causes no symptoms. With prolonged deficiency, the risk of getting osteoporosis (bone thinning and fractures in old age) is probably increased. The risk of getting other diseases might also be increased. This is uncertain, but it is possible that vitamin D helps to prevent some conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer.



Prolonged, severe deficiency can cause medical problems, which are:



* Softening of the bones. This leads to rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. See separate leaflets on 'Rickets' and 'Osteomalacia'.

* With severe deficiency, there may be low levels of calcium in the blood. If calcium levels get very low, this can cause muscle spasms (cramps) or seizures.

* Very rarely, severe deficiency has been reported to cause heart muscle weakness, which was cured by vitamin D treatment.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Vitamin D3 is made near the surface of the skin by the action of UVB on the 7 dehydrocholesterol molecule. Therefore people who have LOW CHOLESTEROL levels may not be able to make much vitamin D3, so maybe you are taking statins or plant sterols that prematurely age the skin by reducing the amount of 7 dehydrocholesterol While UVB turns previtamin d into CHOLECALCIFEROL Vitamin D3 UVA processes newly made vitamin D3 into suprasterols the body doesn't use. So if you spend 10minutes OUTSIDE getting direct sunlight onto your skin then then spend several hours under UVA light (from sunlight coming through a window (glass block uvb but not UVA same as plastic or car windscreens) the continued UVA exposure will degrade any vitamin d3 near the skin surface. The best idea is to spend 10~20 minutes in the sun at midday (or when your shadow is shorter than you are tall) but expose skin that is normally covered. The when you cover that skin with clothing the vitamin D made in that skin will be protected by the clothing from degradation to suprasterols from continued UVA exposure. It may take as much as 48hrs to absorb the vitamin D made from sunlight so if you swim, shower, get really sweaty and towel vigorously you may sweat out the fat soluble vitamin D and then rub/towel/wash/shampoo showergel it into oblivion. You may live in in city/town where traffic pollution is so bad the UVB doesn't penetrate to ground level and all you are getting is the UVA that degrades vitamin D3 so you can't get any benefit from it. Vit d levels always drop when peoples become urbanized. It could be the medications you are on CORTIOSTEROIDS cause vitamin D degration and create vitamin D deficiency. They are not the only medication that does this. It follows that high cortisol (which is a corticosteroid) levels cause vitamin d levels to drop so the more stress you are under the lower will be your vit D level. A High Fructose (or HFCS) diet causes vitamin D deficiency. Most people don't take sufficient vitamin D3 We need 1000iu daily for each 25lbs we weigh so most people require more than 5000iu/daily. far more than the current RDA. If we lived naked outdoor lives most people would attain and maintain 25(OH)D levels around 125nmol/l 50ng/ml. At this level Vitamin D3 works best as an anti-inflammatory agent and human milk is vitamin d replete.

Answer 4

Extreme vitamin deficiency will give you Rickette's. Which is a bone disorder that is quite painful. Bringing in Vitamin D usually makes (almost) all your problems go away.



Vitamin D deficiency is also associated with autoimmune diseases. You name it, if it is autoimmune disease--you need vitamin D! I believe this is because your immune system happens to grow in your bone marrow. Therefore having unhealthy bones leads us to have an unhealthy immune system...



I am surprised your doctor didn't check for any autoimmune diseases associated with your neck cracking/pain/inflammation. I would ask him to check.



Generally when you take vitamin D you start seeing a tremendous difference and most (if not all) the effects of the deficiency shall go away. In your situation, I would also include tanning as a source of vitamin D as that will often take the pain away instantaneously. People describe feeling happier and pain-free after going tanning. (As with anything use caution and don't burn yourself. You should be getting a slight tan--No burning is necessary.) Contrary to popular belief tanning prevents cancer (when you don't burn).

Answer 5

can this deficiency cause aches and pains , such as in elbow?