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If you are going to supplement your vitamin D, just make sure to monitor your calcium too. My wife sees patients taking high doses of vitamin D, because their d
by conorh 8y ago
If you are going to supplement your vitamin D, just make sure to monitor your calcium too. My wife sees patients taking high doses of vitamin D, because their doctor puts them on it, or they do it themselves, and they do not realize that they are doing massive damage to their bodies because their low vitamin D levels are caused by a parathyroid tumor.
http://www.parathyroid.com/low-vitamin-d.htm http://www.parathyroid.com/low-vitamin-d.htm
- kenning 8y agoThis happens to your wife commonly?
- conorh 8y agoYes, several times a week. She is a parathyroid surgeon.
- frankzinger 8y agoFor those who were wondering about the "massive damage" (taken from the posted link): * Hyperparathyroidism (which could be caused by a parathyroid tumor) causes dangerously high calcium levels [1] * As a countermeasure, the body effectively lowers vitamin D (vitamin D facilitates calcium absorption) An ignorant doctor may miss the high calcium levels, seeing only low vitamin D, and put you on vitamin D supplements, which will raise your calcium levels again, thus eliminating the body's defenses against hyperparathyroidism. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercalcaemia#Signs_and_symptoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercalcaemia#Signs_and_sympt...