Fibromyalgia vitamin d
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Is vitamin D that important? Now I'm on 2 meds per day for vitamin D also I take calcium can low levels cause more pain for fibromyalgia patients?
I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. But also my doctor said that my vitamin D level was low so she put me on 50,000 units of it. I was wondering could my vitamin D level being low have anything to do with my fatigue and flu-like feeling? What are the usual symptoms of vitamin D level being low????
In recently looking at D supplements, I came across this statement on a manfacturer's website
"Most Vitamin D supplements use ergocalciferol or Vitamin D-2 but Vitabase Vitamin D uses cholecalciferol, D-3, a more bioactive form. This is the same form of Vitamin D made by the skin’s exposure to sunlight.
I had been on a research protocol targeting the pathogens responsible for my immune dysfunction (lots of work and a few years) and everyone there had a low vitamin D level and higher vitamin D 1,25 hydroxy. If your vitamin 1,25 hydroxy gets too high... you are at risk for organ failure.
It is my opinion and the opinion of some physicians that a low vitamin D is the result and not the cause of the disease.
Anyhow... it sounds like your sister may have some CFS symptoms.
vitamin D is essential for calcium absorption. Vitamin D deficiency is very common with thyroid disease. The vitamin D council recommends vitamin D levels between 50 - 80ng/mL or 125 - 200nmol/L year round.
Researchers found that people with glaucoma were 38% more likely to have had a thyroid disorder diagnosed at some stage in their life.
Preliminary studies suggest improvements in symptoms of fibromyalgia with vitamin D supplementation. Recently, a randomized controlled study found that increasing vitamin D blood levels from a mean of 19 ng/mL to about 50 ng/mL was associated with a modest decrease in fibromyalgia pain (a 20 point decrease on a 100 point scale). The study involved 30 adults (mostly women) in Austria with fibromyalgia.
Having rheumatoid arthritis can be considered as a risk factor for fibromyalgia. A lack of vitamin D is associated with higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis. A correct intake of vitamin D, along with calcium is very important in protecting the health of our bones. Low vitamin D may lead to early progression of the disease. You need to see a specialist. Your doctor will advise you to start vitamin D supplements.
my question is could all the pain be from the vitamin d defiency or from fibromyalgia? also having shoulder pain although not everyday.
Authored by a team of researchers at the California-based non-profit Autoimmunity Research Foundation, the paper goes on to point out that molecular biologists have long known that the form of vitamin D derived from food and supplements, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-D), is a secosteroid rather than a vitamin. Like corticosteroid medications, vitamin D may provide short-term relief by lowering inflammation but may exacerbate disease symptoms over the long-term.
He is supoposed to be a Specialist and one of the best about dealing and treating Fibromyalgia. I hope you can understand all of this. Also yes my doctor has checked my vitiamin D level and it was low she put me on medicine. Also she put me on vitamin B shots. Do you think that my vitamin D level being low could be contributing to my Fatigue???
One study found 93% with unexplained bone and muscle pain were deficient in vitamin D. Vitamin D council recommend vitamin D levels to be between 50 - 80ng/mL or 125 - 200nmol/L year round.
Excerpt from Sage Medical Laboratory - "Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome":
"Identifying fibromyalgia without a diagnosis of chronic fatigue would mean the patient probably does not have fibromyalgia. Now if it is fibromyalgia, it is a very debilitating disorder.
Has anyone had success with D-Ribose? I am confused about its role in helping fibromyalgia particularly because it is classified as a type of sugar. I thought sugar was bad for fibromyalgia because it promotes inflammation or is this type of sugar not considered to have an inflammatory effect?
ve had the battery of tests done for thyroid, anemia, RA. They all came back negative with the exception of a Vitamin D deficiency. My vitamin D level is 14. Could it cause all these problems? I was told to buy some Caltrate and start taking that. But from what I've seen I don't know if this is the right route to take. Maybe I should see an endocrinologist?
I also have to go for an MRI of the head sometime soon.
I have fibromyalgia , bursitis snd some arthritis , lately I have been experiencing a lot muscle spasms ( charley horses ) in my legs .... My dr. slso thinks I am low in Vitamin D , do you thing this deficiency has anything to do w/ these muscler spasms ..... I have been getting cortesone shots in my bursas but I am starting to experience more pain than ever ....
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