Any level of Vitamin D Deficiency can cause aches and pains as a symptom- and Vitamin D Deficiency in Fibromyalgia occurs practically 100% of the time. Vitamin D Deficiency can cause Osteomalacia, where low calcium levels pull calcium from the bones to keep blood levels normal.
This can cause severe 'bone pain', that we experience as a general ache.
So, just a few OTHERsymptoms of Vitamin D Deficiency are:
* Generalized Pain * Muscle Weakness * Depression
Sounds suspiciously like Fibromyalgia, doesn't it? When someone has Early Symptoms of Fibromyalgia, they should be tested for and aggressively treated for Vitamin D Deficiency.
2 things about the Vitamin D and Fibromyalgia connection are unfortunate.
First, Vitamin D Deficiency is rarely ruled out as a potential cause or contributor to the chronic pain and depression of fibromyalgia.
Second, Even in the rare cases that it IS checked for, doctors have little awareness of the Vitamin D dosages and the blood levels necessary to constitute "sufficient" Vitamin D levels.
Fibromyalgia patients RARELY get enough Vitamin D to eliminate their osteomalacia! A great majority of Fibromyalgia patients improve with sufficient Vitamin D. While Vitamin D is certainly not their ONLY problem, it Absolutely Contributes to their symptoms.
Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen Functional Medicine Practitioner Easy Immune Health.com
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