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Vitamin D for 14 years old boy

2018-06-13 08:41:53
My son's vitamin D is 6.31 ng/ml . Pls recommend how to increase it??? His calcium is 9.96 mg/dl. I also want to know why vitamin D is so less inspite of calcium being normal.
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Give inj Arachitol (6Lac) intramuscular stat . Followed by Tab dv60k weekly once for 8-10 weeks. Cod liver oil capsules ( non veg.source) can be taken once daily . Get exposed to early morning sun for 5 minutes.
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Calcium and vitamin D levels can be high or low unrelated to each other.

Answered2018-06-13 15:09:15

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Vitamin as supplementation 60000 units weekly for  8 weeks Adequate milk and curd along with calcium tablets

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