Vitamin D and Lupus by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!
Hi Dorothy,
Well, fortunately for you and your daughter, most things that might help her you can do without your doctor's help anyway.
Your doctor hasn't helped her out much up to this point, and he's just not going to be able to help much more. There are very few 'traditional medicine' answers to Lupus, and so you're going to need to look elsewhere if you and your daughter want to actually get better.
It's always great to have the validation and help of your doctor when you are trying to get better, but it's not necessary and is actually a hindrance when you have a doctor that only wants to go by 'The Book' which is the recommendations from his governing agency.
So, YES- she MUST get a vitamin d level. That is not going to be the magic bullet that 'fixes' her, but it could ABSOLUTELY help with pain and fatigue and improve her immune system. There is certainly enough evidence that vitamin d deficiency causes pain and fatigue that any doctor who won't get a vitamin d level based n those reasons is acting criminally.
So, if you want your doctor's help, you can ask him, or you can just get an In Home Vitamin D Blood Spot Test for the BOTH of you- yours isn't going to be any higher than hers!
Then, when she is severely deficient, you can come back here and let me know what it is and we'll take care of it because your doctor would just give you Prescription Vitamin D anyway- which is NOT recommended. So take a look at the Vitamin D Therapy page so that you know what to expect.
But if she's willing to get well, there is a LOT that she can do. First and most important is diet. There is a STRONG connection between Lupus and ....
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Lupus and Vitamin D and Gluten Continued... by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!
They conclude that "Knowledge of the diverse manifestations of gluten sensitivity is essential in avoiding such misdiagnosis". But unfortunately, there is little knowledge of this in the medical community who are terrible at Diagnosing Gluten Sensitivity.
Then concerned people like you looking for actual solutions to problems get vilified by your doctor who has no answers for you- but who still believes that his way is the only right way.
Your daughter CAN significantly improve, but she's an adult and she'll have to be willing to make some changes.
That's a lot to take in, so read and digest some of the information that I sent you to and let me know if you're interested in hearing more.
Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune System Queen Functional Medicine Practitioner Immune System
Is Vitamin D good for lupus by: Dorothy
Thank you sooo much I was just reserching and I didn't know you responded to my question, thank you soooooooo much, my daughter is 19 now and in college for rn nurse and doing very good. she does take Lodine, I don't know if that's what helped but I'm not going to fix what isn't broke , but I still will look and follow somethings you told me to do thank you
Please help d level 8 positive auto immune by: Anonymous
My blood came back positive ds DNA and chromatin and d vitamin at 8. I feel like wreck tired, muscle aches, feet hurt worst, keep pushing on but afraid I have something terrible based on drs assessment of test results. Referred to rheumatologist but appt 2 months out. What should I do? Internet does not show positive outlook, am I doomed to lupus? What steps can I take now?
Please read the thread again by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!
Please read the thread again and the several other threads that I have on Lupus on this site. I discuss right on this exact thread that you commented on about what you can do to improve your Lupus and how you can improve quality of life.
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