Inflammatory markers

[Mollymalone79]

I picked up these results today and told the dr doesn’t need to see me. Isn’t the vit D low? Also the ESR is outside the range. What should I do?

[ITYFIALMCTT]

Depending on the range, you're just tottering into the very bottom of the vitamin D 'replete' range but you'll have seen from SeasideSusie 's many replies on the topic of vitamin D that you may well need a higher level than that to feel well or for thyroid hormones to work effectively (whether your own or supplemented ones).

The ESR is a little outside the range so the GP may well test your ESR at a future date if you continue to have joint pains (I'm assuming that from the other items on your results).

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Mollymalone79 As you can see, your result is 51 and it says >50 so that means your GP wont prescribe, you are on your own. Never mind, D3 is cheap and you'll get a much better supplement by buying your own.

The Vit D Council recommends a level of 100-150nmol/L.

My suggestion is to buy some D3 softgels like these bodykind.com/product/2463-b... (andl there's at least a year's worth in that pack. Take 5000iu daily for 3 months then retest.

Once you've reached the recommended level then you'll need a maintenance dose which may be 2000iu daily, it's trial and error so it's recommended to retest once or twice a year to keep within the recommended range. You can do this with a private fingerprick blood spot test with City Assays vitamindtest.org.uk/

There are important cofactors needed when taking D3

vitamindcouncil.org/about-v...

D3 aids absorption of calcium from food and K2-MK7 directs the calcium to bones and teeth where it is needed and away from arteries and soft tissues where it can be deposited and cause problems.

D3 and K2 are fat soluble so should be taken with the fattiest meal of the day, D3 four hours away from thyroid meds.

Magnesium helps D3 to work and comes in different forms, check to see which would suit you best and as it's calming it's best taken in the evening, four hours away from thyroid meds

naturalnews.com/046401_magn...

Check out the other cofactors too.

[ITYFIALMCTT]

In respect of the joint pains that I'm assuming from the tests that you had, it might seem odd that vitamin D might make a difference to you but it can.

For various reasons, even with supplementation, I don't move out of the severely deficient category of results - but, possibly because I can be what I think of as "very severely deficient", my joints can feel remarkably better if I manage to work up to "moderately severe deficiency" - I'm still categorised as "severely deficient" by the blood test results but those few points can sometimes make a tremendous difference to me.

It might not be the same difference for someone who is a bit more 'replete' than I am but that is my experience as someone who is "severely deficient".