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| Thread ID: 149311 | 2020-10-15 03:31:00 | Needed VIT D | DrNum (17574) | PC World Chat |
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| 1472269 | 2020-10-15 03:31:00 | Are vitamin D supplements needed if individuals are not exposed to sunlight due to lockdowns? Any Ideas? | DrNum (17574) | ||
| 1472270 | 2020-10-15 04:08:00 | Get your doctor to test for levels and he/she will let you know. I am on D supplements - the geriatrician in the ward tested staff after finding low level in the patients in the ward. :) |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 1472271 | 2020-10-15 04:21:00 | it would be pretty difficult to be stuck indoors enough to require vit D supplements, even with lockdowns. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1472272 | 2020-10-15 04:35:00 | It happens - and i was sailing a lot through the summer at the time... Obviously i was in the sunshine frequently - although i have sailed in the snow at times. | R.M. (561) | ||
| 1472273 | 2020-10-15 07:23:00 | If you have osteopenia or osteoporosis your doctor would likely prescribe Vit D for you, probably as colecalciferol to assist with bone growth/slow down bone loss. | John H (8) | ||
| 1472274 | 2020-10-15 07:57:00 | That's what I'm on John, plus another called Risedronate, also for bone density loss. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1472275 | 2020-10-15 08:07:00 | I haven't come across Risedronate Ken. I've been on colecalciferol for years, now delivered as a once monthly capsule like those old cod liver oil things of childhood! I'm several centimeters shorter than I used to be... I also get the annual aclaster infusion. As Mae West said - getting old is not for sissies. | John H (8) | ||
| 1472276 | 2020-10-15 09:02:00 | And i don't have osteoporosis - i fall on the footpath often enough when out running and don't break any bones. I have been awkward all my life... I do now know where all the lumps on the street are now though. :) | R.M. (561) | ||
| 1472277 | 2020-10-15 17:45:00 | As Mae West said - getting old is not for sissies. As the saying goes John, someone has to do it! :) RM. as for running, the nearest I get to that was when I dreamt I was trying to get fit and was out for a run. :) I woke up feeling absolutely buggered. However, I walk regularly each morning at 7am for a regular 2.5K circuit. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1472278 | 2020-10-15 19:20:00 | Risk factors Having naturally very dark skin. This includes people from Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Middle East. Your skin not being regularly exposed to sunlight, eg: avoiding the sun because you have a high risk of skin cancer or are on photosensitising medications (these are medicines that make your skin more sensitive to the sun – your pharmacist or doctor will have advised you) regularly wearing clothing that covers a lot of your skin (eg, veils or other clothing covering your legs, arms and face), or not going outside. If you live in the South Island (especially south of Nelson-Marlborough) and get little time outdoors in the middle of the day between May and August, you may be at risk of vitamin D deficiency in spring. You may wish to consider taking vitamin D tablets from May to August. If you have liver or kidney disease, or are on certain medications that affect vitamin D levels, you may be at risk of vitamin D deficiency. However.......see a GP. Overdose can cause nausea and vomiting, weakness, and frequent urination. Vitamin D toxicity might progress to bone pain and kidney problems, such as the formation of calcium stones. |
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