Have you heard...

[LizzieR]

Apparently taking daily doses of vit D prevents colds etc. There was a programme about it on radio 4 and in the UK the

[LizzieR]

Sorry pressed too soon- fingers!

...in the UK 'they' might suggest that everyone takes some. I've been on it for a while because of Osteo Malacia. My family have come down with an awful hacking chest infection / cold ( my wife has been sneezing all over me!) and I'm the only one not to have it despite being on Benepali and Methotrexate etc. So possibly it works- just a thought for all of us with suppressed immune systems

Lizzie x

[oldtimer]

I would not go as far as to believe that taking Vit D could prevent a cold. But you might be more likely to catch one if your levels are low.

But the likelihood of catching a cold depends also on the amount of virus that is passed to you by someone sneezing, touching your hands after touching their nose, or you touching something they have just touched or sneezed over. That's why small children are so efficient at passing on their colds to everyone in the vicinity.

Avoiding small children and washing your own hands are the main precautions!

[Moomin8 in reply to oldtimer]

A bit tricky for those of us working day in- day out with the little darlin's 😉

[Eiram50]

It's a funny thing. Part of me thinks everyone in Britain should take extra vit D - especially teenagers due to the sedate lifestyle significant numbers have ( gaming, electronic device - indoors much much more!)

I have four girl and two months ago my 13 year old Complained of falling tired and fed up all the time. After jollying her up, getting outside and physical, I could see maybe something was up.

Visit to gp showed that she had extremely dangerous vit D levels. Her older sister was tested and I received a letter this week telling me to bring her to surgery as hers are alarmingly low too.

All the girls eat well- healthy varied diet.

You e got to wonder, huh?!

Marie

[Padram in reply to Eiram50]

Hi, vit d deficiency could run in families. This s what one paediatrician told my daughter, after I forced a blood test for my 7 year old granddaughter, my daughter, and my son. My maternal family has a history of auto immune disorders. I have 2 of them. So after reading a lot about vit d and its relationship with auto immune disorders, I made the entire family check theirs. And everyone of them had dangerously low levels. My granddaughter is almost always in the sun during the weekend. Weekdays, after 3pm. She plays a lot eats very healthy food. Obviously something else is at stake. The only plausible reason seems to be the genetic factor.

[ukgospeldiva in reply to Padram]

This is very safe.

[ukgospeldiva in reply to ukgospeldiva]

Sage. Auto typos errors

[LizzieR in reply to ukgospeldiva]

Hi,

Yes, seems to be-and as most of us have bloods every two weeks I guess they'd pick up if we were overdosing!

X

[LizzieR in reply to Eiram50]

The same happened to me- I think it's the miserable UK weather! X

[LizzieR]

Hi,

Yes, I eat very healthily and am outside a lot. Perhaps we all should be on Vit D. I use a spray now and catch a lot less colds etc. The other option is to move somewhere with proper sunshine I suppose... X

[Gnarli]

First thing I did on diagnosis was to beg my children, stepchildren (and anyone who would listen) to take vit D.

J

[LizzieR in reply to Gnarli]

Hi,

I'm beginning to do the same! That and telling everyone never to use hot water bottles after being burnt and hearing what the hospital doctors said . We all have to preach about something lol xx

[lynz1983 in reply to LizzieR]

im the same with hot water bottles been banned in my house for at least 13 years after one burst all over my son who was about 3 at the time lucky as it was his it weren't as hot as if it had been for me amd it had been in his bed for a bit before he got in but was still scary when it burst all over belly and groin area poor thing was bright red we only use the wheat bags now for extra warmth and heat therapy

[LizzieR in reply to lynz1983]

Hi,

Oh God that's awful- at least it burst on me and not one of my kids! I don't like wheatbags either, though my wife sneaks them in! The doc treating me said that after hot water bottles, wheatbags were the next culprit- and when left on bedding had been known to catch fire! We use plastic hot pad things- made for dogs originally. They're amazing. They can't burst ( they're solid) and stay warm for hours. I'm not on commission.. x

Lizzie x