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Insufficient vitamin d
I just got a blood test done for vitamin d since I was having problem with my knee after a 5 days strenuous trekking . the report reads the unit as 58 which comes in insufficient vitamin d category what should I do to correct it. M a mountaineer and needs to do lots of hiking in coming months
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In my opinion u need to take vitamin d supplementation for around 2 months... as tab. Uprise d3 60k once a week to reach a level of around 75 units which comes under sufficient range of vitamin d...u need to also. CHeck for calcium through blood test that can also be on a lower side
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Hot fermentation on the knee three times a day specially at night
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