Chest tightness vitamin deficiency
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Vitamin D Deficiency is directly related to depression Stress and anxiety,Vitamin D acts on the areas of your brain that are linked to depression, but exactly how vitamin D works in your brain isn’t yet fully understood.
Your anxiety,can depend on how much sun you are exposed to if you are an individual who is particularly strongly affected by seasonal shifts.
Anxiety usually causes tightness in my chest. But recently started having other chest pains and went to the doctor and was sent to a cardiologist. Turned out I do have a heart issue. Which I honestly didn't think I would have since I've always got tightness with anxiety and other random sharp pains and aches and twitches in my chest that I've had for years. Didn't think it was a big deal.
I just recently had my Vitamin B12 tested and the result was 209 (low normal) and when I repeated it 3 weeks later is had dropped low still to 187, which they say is still normal(normal ref range 150-668) but I have been having nerve problems since April this year and the neurologist I saw said it wasn't MS after I had a normal MRI of the head and neck and normal nerve conduction studies.
As I was in a taxi on my way to the airport, I felt a sudden crushing tightness in my chest. It became difficult to breathe. The tightness increased and finally the whole world went dark for a few seconds, then my legs and scalp felt very cold and tingly. I thought I had a mild heart attack. I boarded the plane and took the two hour flight.
I went to my doctor and he tested me for vitamin D and B12 deficiency. I came back with a Vitamin D deficiency but he said it wasn't bad enough for a shot. I knew I wouldn't have problems with B12 since I was taking a B vitamin complex with iron and vitamin C I got from Sprout's. I took the vitamin D for a month or a month and a half. All my symptoms went away. I got over confident and weaned myself off of it since I was getting enough sunlight and eating more diary.
Within a few days of arriving in the UK, I began to experience a mild chest tightness that wouldnt ease with taking asthma inhalers. i suffered with the tightness for about the first 4 weeks of my 5 week hoilday there. it was strange because after 4 weeks of continous tightness, one morning i woke up and it felt as if a large weight had been lifted from my chest and it felt as though i could breath freely and normally as i did in the past. I was happy!
However, yes, symptoms like anxiety and headaches can re-surface time and again for a few months, especially if you are stressed or around smokers or are sitting idle. Usually chest tightness is a common symptoms in those who quit smoking. This lasts for a few days after last cigarette. The tightness (not actually pain) is due to anxiety and stress and due to various changes in body due to nicotine withdrawal.
I went to my family doc and she did a lot of blood work and found out that I have a vitamin D deficiency. I am wondering how many of you with a MS have a vitamin D deficiency problem? My family doc is now sending me to a neurologist for more testing because of the deficiency and my other symptoms.
Other symptoms include: dizziness, tightness in back, shortness of breath, chest pains, brain fog, tingling in arms and hands mainly when lying down.
My gyno assured me everything is fine and there is no prolapse.I found out I have a vitamin D deficiency(current level is 19ng/ml).I know for sure that two years ago my levels were 12ng/ml and I had severe muscle weakness and pain on my legs.Is it possible that vitamin d deficiency is responsible for muscle weakness of the pelvic floor?Could it also cause tightness/pain in the vagina?Thank you.
Symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency are numerous but fatigue is the number one symptom. Vitamin B12 deficiency mimics various other conditions such as MS and Alzheimer's. A B12 serum test may miss a deficiency state due to far too low a reference range and also depending on what medications you are taking. A urinary methylmalonic acid (UMMA) test is the most specific test and should be requested alongside B12 serum. Methylmalonic acid rises just 10 days after a B12 deficiency starts.
I should add I had bad night vision due to zinc and vitamin A deficiency. My hair has broken off as well although I have had so many deficiency states and other medical conditions I really can't point to what exactly the reason was but I did find this online: "Brittle or dry hair: Is likely to be a lack of iron, zinc and/or vitamin C."
Also, I remember writing another comment about zinc deficiency.
Hence peripheral vascular pathologies have to be ruled out either by angiograms or by dopplar studies (though done in your case, they do at times miss important findings). Nerve conduction studies should be done. Vitamin B12 deficiency too should be looked into. There are many other causes of nerve disorder causing pins and needles or glove-and-stocking neuropathy including diabetes, hypothyroidism, chronic involvement of liver or kidney, chronic alcohol use etc.
Also, I would add a good, high potency Vitamin B complex along with vitamin D3, Vitamin C, and a good multi-mineral. Adding a high potency pro-biotic might be a good idea as well.
I would start eating lots of fresh, organic fruits and veggies as well, and, cut out all sugars, since the body needs good nutrition like a car needs good gas, you want to feed it as well as possible.
I hope you feel better soon.
Vitamin D deficiency is shown to delay recovery in spinal surgery. One article entitled "Medicine in Plain Words: Can You Speed Healing After Surgery?" by Dr Berry states:
"It seems a very wise idea to recommend Vitamin D supplementation both before and after any surgical procedure to improve recovery time and repair. Getting your Vitamin D level checked as part of the pre-op lab work-up also seems a wise decision.
Magnesium is the most important co factor for vitamin D absorption and taking vitamin D can bring out or worsen an existing magnesium deficiency state.
I have been suffering with all of your symptoms for years and finally a few months ago after being tested for anything and everything was diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency. I have come to realize that this is so common but for some reason is left undiagnosed in most people so consider yourself lucky.
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