Posted on 05/04/2014 6:17:42 PM PDT by blam
Chronic Pain Linked To Vitamin D Deficiency In Men
Tuesday 29 April 2014 - 8am PST
Medical News Today
Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a number of health issues. And now, a new study to be presented at a conference run by the British Society for Rheumatology suggests that low levels of vitamin D in the body are linked to chronic widespread pain.
The researchers note that in the UK, chronic widespread pain is a major public health problem, affecting around 1 in 5 people, and it can be caused by rheumatic and neurological disorders.
Also, around 50% of UK adults have a vitamin D deficiency, a condition that has been linked to osteoporosis and increased preeclampsia risk in pregnant women, among other outcomes.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vitamin D is found naturally in only a few foods, including fish-liver oils, fatty fishes, mushrooms, egg yolks and liver. In the US, however, vitamin D is commonly added to food products, including milk.
But one of the best ways to get vitamin D in the body is through sunlight, which is transported to the liver and converted to 25-hydroxyvitamin D.
A Recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey has shown that these levels have decreased in Americans by about 10% from the periods of 1988-1994 to 2001-2006.
Not only is vitamin D crucial for good bone health, but it may also help with muscle strength and protection against cancer and type 2 diabetes.
Could treating low levels of vitamin D prevent chronic pain?
For this latest study on how inadequate amounts of the vitamin affect the body, researchers from the University of Manchester in the UK used data on over 2,300 men in the European Male Ageing Study.
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i’ve got that, it doesn’t do a thing,.
The muscles aren’t there, they were ripped out, my back was broken and I lost 2” in height when it happened.
I take oxycodone every night or I would never go to sleep.
No it isn’t, sunlight contains no vitamin D and it is an ignorantly constructed statement.
Caused by vitamin D deficiency.
Very common among babies and children back in the depression and Word War II era.
Yep - the adult version is called Osteomalacia. Some medications can trigger Vitamin D deficiency, too - and don't depend on your physician to screen for it. It happened to me; my doc runs blood work on me every six months to monitor liver function due to a medication I've used for 20+ years. Not once did I hear anything about osteomalacia or the benefits of taking a vitamin D supplement or calcium supplements - found out while doing research on the Internet.
Two office visits ago, I asked the doctor to add the Vitamin D levels test to the lab orders. No phone messages or anything followed, so I figured all was okay. Last visit, I asked about the Vitamin D levels. After glancing at the lab report, the doctor cleared his throat and said "Oh, yeah... I guess we should start you on a supplement". !@&#%
Vitamin D supplements take a long time to have any effect, so I'll be interested to see if the levels improve in a few months when I go back.
Seems like I've read about reduced Vitamin D levels being either an indicator of Crohn's Disease, too - can't recall if it's thought to be a cause or a symptom.
The kind of “D” you’re talking about has caused us all a whole lotta pain since 1/20/07!
Vitamin D helps chronic pain.
Vitamin I helps chronic pain in the ass politicians.
You get Vitamin I from a special type of “..peach”
Not sure what you're trying to say, but the body produces its own Vitamin D on the skin when exposed to the sun.
Thanks for the additional information.
Yes, Vitamin D deficiency can have serious consequences.
America didn’t always have the abundance of food we see today.
Many children and adults suffered from malnutrition in the depression and WWII era.
In the 1930’s milk processors began adding vitamin D to pasteurized milk in an effort to combat Rickets.
But many families drank unfortified raw milk right up to the post war years.
And of course, some still do.
FWIW, five years ago I started taking 5000 iu of vitamin D3 per day. Haven’t been sick since. I realize this is 100% anecdotal, but that’s my experience. YMMV.
Grade 8 English grammar. After the comma, the next word is “which;” which there refers to the word before the comma which is “sunlight.” So the author of the article, who , I suppose make his living by writing, is saying that sunlight is transported through the skin and taken to the liver, etc., etc. It is an exceedingly poorly written sentence. BTW, the rest of the article is barely above that level of incompetence.
Thanks.
Are you in Seattle?
My dermatologist is there - I have to see him every 6 months. But it was no biggie when they found them because they were in situ. I’m lucky!
Not in Seattle. In the SE at this point in time. My mom was a sun worshipper in her youth (although she’s enough native American that she never burned) and then abstained from the sun fanatically later on. Her vitamin D levels were almost unmeasurably low when she was tested. She supplements now though.
Read up on taking vitamin K2 (there are a couple kinds) with your D3 to make sure you don’t increase your risk for aortic stenosis. Several good links out there on this topic if you search.
I take 10,000 i.u. per day.
No flu shots, no shingles shots, no irradiation.
Healthy as a horse and my early breast cancer has mis appeared also.
Bingo on the K2..critical for D3 uptake.
Actually the D I get is paired with K. It’s from Life Extension. But I will check out the aortic stenosis - have never heard of that before.
I grew up in southern California - spent a ton of time at the beach. Dr. says I’m paying the price for that now.
You might want to read up on iodine supplementation. Supposedly there’s a link between being deficient in iodine and cancer risk for some kind of cancer. A Dr. Brownstein has a good book on this. I supplement with Iodoral (and cofactors) every day along with my D3 and K2.
guspol...why are you “cringing” at the sunlight? People at the Equator have less skin cancer than those in the Northern hemispheres.
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