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Lack of D Vitamin
How to check for D Vitamin deficiency and symptoms? We stay mostly indoors half of the year and work from home.
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Deficiency will cause many symptoms
1.frequently getting sick and frequent infections
2.easy fatigueness and tiredness
3.bone and back pain
4.depression
5.impaired wound healing
6.bone loss
7.hair loss ( main cause stress )
8. Muscle pain
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if any symptoms symptom
get vit d tested
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Get your SERUM Vitamin d3 test done.
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Yes. You can check vitamin d levels . For further queries, consult me on practo
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If you are having any signs or symptoms related to deficiency in vitamin D, then
You can get a specific Vit D3 test done to check levels.
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Consult for further discussion.
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Dr. Peerzada Ovais Ahmad
Diabetologist
14 yrs exp
Srinagar
The best way to confirm vitamin D deficiency is by checking the serum 25(OH) D levels . Vitamin D Deficiency is very common and most of the times it can be asymptomatic. An Adult requires around 1000-2000 IU of cholecalciferol ( vitamin D) per day .
Vitamin D is essentially for absorption of calcium .
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If you have a documented vitamin D deficiency. Then the treatment dose is 60, 000 IU cholecalciferol once a week for for 8- 12 weeks . Then there has to be a gap of 4 weeks before you Check the vitamin D level again , if the levels of vitamin D has crossed 30 ng/ ml then one needs maintenance dose of 2000 IU per day or 60, 000 IU per month
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