Vitamin D Blood Levels by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen
Hi Nyree,
Yes, I can help you to understand it better, but I also think that your Doctor needs to understand it better.
First of all Nyree, you need to include the UNITS of your Vitamin D Level. There are two ways of expressing them:
1) nanomoles/liter or nmol/L or nm/L 2) nanograms/millileter or ng/ml
They mean the same thing but, just like miles/hour and kilometers/hour, they use different numbers.
Being in Canada, I believe that your numbers are in nm/L while here in the US, most labs use ng/ml.
So, here are the suggested "optimal minimum level" of what normal vitamin D blood levels should be from one research article.
45-50 ng/ml
or
115-128 nmol/L
As you can see, if your 'units' are being reported in nm/L, then your doctor is wanting to keep your level on the low side. If you are having any symptoms, such as pain or weakness, then getting your number to 100 mnol/L may not relieve those symptoms at all. Then you and your doctor may conclude, falsely, that your symptoms were not due to Vitamin D Deficiency!
That could be a real problem!!
And 2000 IU's per day is absolutely NOT going to correct your Vitamin D Deficiency. In fact, 2000 IU's per day may not even be a good maintenance dose, let alone enough to correct a deficiency.
A study done on Vitamin D Deficient teenagers used 2000 IU's per day, and it did not even correct Their deficiencies- in TEENAGERS!
So, Nyree, you need to check the 'units' on your blood level and see which one that it is, and if your level truly is nmol/L, then you need to speak to your doctor about getting on a more aggressive Vitamin D regimen because that dosage absolutely will NOT correct your deficiency.
Whatever you do, you need to make sure that you get your Vitamin D Level checked again in 3 to 4 months.
I am available to do telephone consultations for want specific help on any health issues. Contact Me Directly for more information.
Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen Functional Medicine Practitioner Easy Immune Health.com
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