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[adab8ca]

So after my original antibody tests for Celiac, my Dr. ordered a bunch of labwork. vitamins and minerals etc...

ONly thing that was out of spec was Vit D at 70 (lower range of 75). So since then I have been taking at least 2500 IU of vit D a day and now, 3 months later, my Vitamuin D is 47.

YIKES

So we are upping that...It has been 2 weeks that I have been gluten free and am seeing some of my weird aches and pains abating but the nerves are still pretty bad. Well, no wonder.....LOng road ahead...We are repeating the blood work for everything in November, so by then my Vitamin D shouyld be zero.

[ravenwoodglass]

It does take a while to heal. 2 weeks is not long enough to have fully healed yet. I would call the doctor and ask for a script for a 'loading dose' of vitamin D. The amount your taking doesn't seem to be enough if your numbers are still going down.

[cassP]

?? should it be combined with anything for better absorption?? i have a Vit.D/Calcium/Magnesium combo pill.

i really dont know enough about D... so i guess keep checking with your doc till you get it up in range

[georgie]

Have you checked for hyperparathyroids? Open Original Shared Link

How are your calcium tests? Have you had parathyroid tested ?

Vitamin D and It's Relationship to Hyperparathyroidism

Low Vitamin D, Vit D is low in blood.Hyperparathyroidism is associated with high calcium in the blood. The cause is a parathyroid tumor. This is discussed throughout this website, so we will not go into it here. Basically, a tumor grows from one of your parathyroid glands... this tumor produces parathyroid hormone which takes calcium out of your bones and puts it into your blood. You get osteoporosis and feel bad because of the high calcium in the blood.

Low Vitamin D, Vit D is low in blood.The body doesn't want the calcium to be high... So, it will try to get rid of the calcium in the urine... which is why many patients (about 1/3) will have high calcium in the urine (they can get kidney stones from this).

Low Vitamin D, Vit D is low in blood.The body also wants to shut down calcium absorption from your intestines. It does this by limiting the amount of Vitamin D in your body. Thus, if your body determines that your calcium is too high... it can decrease the amount of calcium that is absorbed from your intestines by decreasing the amount of Vitamin D available. If your Vitamin D levels are decreased, you can't absorb so much calcium from your diet. This is a protective measure.

Good luck and hope you find the answers soon

So after my original antibody tests for Celiac, my Dr. ordered a bunch of labwork. vitamins and minerals etc...

ONly thing that was out of spec was Vit D at 70 (lower range of 75). So since then I have been taking at least 2500 IU of vit D a day and now, 3 months later, my Vitamuin D is 47.

YIKES

So we are upping that...It has been 2 weeks that I have been gluten free and am seeing some of my weird aches and pains abating but the nerves are still pretty bad. Well, no wonder.....LOng road ahead...We are repeating the blood work for everything in November, so by then my Vitamin D shouyld be zero.