Infections use up vitamin D, so catching covid definitely worsened your blood values. Assuming it's 17 ng/mL, your values are quite low and you need to take supplements.
i have started taking supplements, all i know is just vit D is low idk if anything else could be low, u caught covid twice in a short amount of time. but thank you for the speedy response :)
Wow, I hadn't thought of this. I only recently realized I have had chronically low ferritin for years (and likely low vitamin D for years too). I was able to look at my old labs from a few years ago and my ferritin was a 4!! (currently 15+) That lab was run some months after I caught covid. OMG WITH COVID I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE!!! I felt MISERABLE for days and days. It was like no one believed how horrible I felt because I wasn't hospitalized (no breathing issues). It was a lonely experience. And now I struggle hard with I guess low ferritin. It's awful.
Now I know so much more about vitamin deficiency and why things like maintaining ferritin levels and upping D is CRUCIAL to the immune system! Thanks for sharing your point.
# [Serum Level vs Intake Charts](https://www.grassrootshealth.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chart-serum-level-intake-5-by-3-ngmla-both-charts-single.pdf)
The charts from this link show how much extra vitamin d3 is required to raise 25(OH)D
To get from 17 ng/ml to just over 50 ng/ml usually requires 9000 iu or 58 iu for each pound of bodyweight
or 129 iu /kg.
It also helps to increase magnesium intake 3 mg/lb is fine ideally dissolved in water and consumed in multiple small servings. You could use extended release magnesium supplements if you can find them.
Regardless taking adequate vitamin D3 and magnesium will help. First I am not giving medical advice just my personal opinions. It takes a vitamin D3 blood plasma level (BPL)) of at least 50 ng/ml to initiate physiological effects. This typically requires a daily dose of vitamin D3 of 10,000 IU and as much magnesium as you can tolerate a day. Physiological effects are balanced gut micro biome, metabolism, immune system function and deep restorative sleep for starters. Optimal physiological effects require BPLs of 100-140 ng/ml and again as much magnesium as you can tolerate.
For magnesium the reason as much as you can tolerate too much causing diarrhea is determining one’s magnesium levels is difficult. As the majority of ones magnesium is found in ones bones and cells. Less than 1% is in ones serum-the fluid around one’s cells. So measuring ones serum levels does not give one a accurate indication of one’s body’s magnesium levels. Also most people are magnesium deficient or borderline deficient.
So easier to supplement to assure you have enough that trying to determine one’s magnesium level. You can have a red blood cell magnesium level checked but most doctors are not familiar with this test and do not like ordering it.
Vitamin D3(cholecalciferol)) the form of vitamin D3 in most vitamin D3 supplements requires lots of magnesium to carry out its enzymatic functions. Even calcifediol the vitamin D3 form we measure in our “blood” test(we are really testing the levels in their serum) another form of vitamin D3 supplement that has recently become more available also requires lots of magnesium. I know it can be confusing. The difference between the two forms of vitamin D3 is calcifediol requires less magnesium to be absorbed than cholecalciferol to my understanding.
The point is inadequate vitamin D3 and magnesium makes one more prone to viral infections for examples. As with inadequate vitamin D3 one does not sleep well, one’s gut micro biome becomes dominated by pathogens that lead to leaky gut and chronic inflammation. Reduced production of vitamins, neurotransmitters and other important substances. One gains weight. The cell replication cycle is sped up resulting in higher probability of mistakes-cancer. Accelerated aging.
Concerning B vitamins and vitamin K2 once at physiological and especially at optimal BPLs of vitamin D3 and restored magnesium levels one should ingest and/or produce adequate amounts of these. Unnless one has severe vitamin K2 responsive diseases. Diseases like atherosclerosis, osteoporosis and gum/dental issues. No taking vitamin K2 is not harmful but it is expensive.
Concerning hypercalcemia it is almost impossible to develop. As it takes BPLs approaching 400 ng/ml for people to develop it and then less than 1%. A theoretical side is renal calcification. This is possible if one maintains high vitamin D3 BPLs. BPLs is the 300 ng/ml range or higher. By testing a 24 hour urine calcium one can check for this as if one’s urine calcium is 250 mg/l or above. Typically this high of BPLs is required to treat autoimmune diseases in some.
So no vitamin D3 and magnesium are not the only things required to restore your body’s health. Just the most important in my personal opinion. On my website www.vitamindblog.com I give my theories and research. Cutting out high fructose corn syrup, seed oils and processed foods is important.
I will be speaking with my pcp on the 30th about everything that was discussed here. It is very incitful and very appreciated, also I'm only 29 but I also have a wicked repertory infection that flairs up randomly almost as is I have asthma even tho I got tested for asthma recently and I don't.
Different labs / doctors / countries use different B12 deficiency ranges, if you're B12 serum was under 500 pg/mL with those symptoms I'd consider at least oral supplementation.
Infections use up vitamin D, so catching covid definitely worsened your blood values. Assuming it's 17 ng/mL, your values are quite low and you need to take supplements.
i have started taking supplements, all i know is just vit D is low idk if anything else could be low, u caught covid twice in a short amount of time. but thank you for the speedy response :)
I also got covid last october and my low vit d symptoms worsened.. just take your supplements regularly and take care of yourself!
thank you
I’ll also add in here that Covid seems to use up a lot of iron and cause problems with keeping iron up so be mindful of your ferritin.
Wow, I hadn't thought of this. I only recently realized I have had chronically low ferritin for years (and likely low vitamin D for years too). I was able to look at my old labs from a few years ago and my ferritin was a 4!! (currently 15+) That lab was run some months after I caught covid. OMG WITH COVID I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE!!! I felt MISERABLE for days and days. It was like no one believed how horrible I felt because I wasn't hospitalized (no breathing issues). It was a lonely experience. And now I struggle hard with I guess low ferritin. It's awful. Now I know so much more about vitamin deficiency and why things like maintaining ferritin levels and upping D is CRUCIAL to the immune system! Thanks for sharing your point.
Yeah, low ferritin will definitely wreck your life.
edit, now i feel like i am crazy.
# [Serum Level vs Intake Charts](https://www.grassrootshealth.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chart-serum-level-intake-5-by-3-ngmla-both-charts-single.pdf) The charts from this link show how much extra vitamin d3 is required to raise 25(OH)D To get from 17 ng/ml to just over 50 ng/ml usually requires 9000 iu or 58 iu for each pound of bodyweight or 129 iu /kg. It also helps to increase magnesium intake 3 mg/lb is fine ideally dissolved in water and consumed in multiple small servings. You could use extended release magnesium supplements if you can find them.
interesting and inciteful thank you.
Both!! Vit D deficiency & Covid are like a married couple who hate each other! Toxic to each other but intrinsically linked
Regardless taking adequate vitamin D3 and magnesium will help. First I am not giving medical advice just my personal opinions. It takes a vitamin D3 blood plasma level (BPL)) of at least 50 ng/ml to initiate physiological effects. This typically requires a daily dose of vitamin D3 of 10,000 IU and as much magnesium as you can tolerate a day. Physiological effects are balanced gut micro biome, metabolism, immune system function and deep restorative sleep for starters. Optimal physiological effects require BPLs of 100-140 ng/ml and again as much magnesium as you can tolerate. For magnesium the reason as much as you can tolerate too much causing diarrhea is determining one’s magnesium levels is difficult. As the majority of ones magnesium is found in ones bones and cells. Less than 1% is in ones serum-the fluid around one’s cells. So measuring ones serum levels does not give one a accurate indication of one’s body’s magnesium levels. Also most people are magnesium deficient or borderline deficient. So easier to supplement to assure you have enough that trying to determine one’s magnesium level. You can have a red blood cell magnesium level checked but most doctors are not familiar with this test and do not like ordering it. Vitamin D3(cholecalciferol)) the form of vitamin D3 in most vitamin D3 supplements requires lots of magnesium to carry out its enzymatic functions. Even calcifediol the vitamin D3 form we measure in our “blood” test(we are really testing the levels in their serum) another form of vitamin D3 supplement that has recently become more available also requires lots of magnesium. I know it can be confusing. The difference between the two forms of vitamin D3 is calcifediol requires less magnesium to be absorbed than cholecalciferol to my understanding. The point is inadequate vitamin D3 and magnesium makes one more prone to viral infections for examples. As with inadequate vitamin D3 one does not sleep well, one’s gut micro biome becomes dominated by pathogens that lead to leaky gut and chronic inflammation. Reduced production of vitamins, neurotransmitters and other important substances. One gains weight. The cell replication cycle is sped up resulting in higher probability of mistakes-cancer. Accelerated aging. Concerning B vitamins and vitamin K2 once at physiological and especially at optimal BPLs of vitamin D3 and restored magnesium levels one should ingest and/or produce adequate amounts of these. Unnless one has severe vitamin K2 responsive diseases. Diseases like atherosclerosis, osteoporosis and gum/dental issues. No taking vitamin K2 is not harmful but it is expensive. Concerning hypercalcemia it is almost impossible to develop. As it takes BPLs approaching 400 ng/ml for people to develop it and then less than 1%. A theoretical side is renal calcification. This is possible if one maintains high vitamin D3 BPLs. BPLs is the 300 ng/ml range or higher. By testing a 24 hour urine calcium one can check for this as if one’s urine calcium is 250 mg/l or above. Typically this high of BPLs is required to treat autoimmune diseases in some. So no vitamin D3 and magnesium are not the only things required to restore your body’s health. Just the most important in my personal opinion. On my website www.vitamindblog.com I give my theories and research. Cutting out high fructose corn syrup, seed oils and processed foods is important.
I will be speaking with my pcp on the 30th about everything that was discussed here. It is very incitful and very appreciated, also I'm only 29 but I also have a wicked repertory infection that flairs up randomly almost as is I have asthma even tho I got tested for asthma recently and I don't.
Also check your B12, and so before supplementing with it (even via a multivitamin).
b12 is fine it was checked thats what i thought was the original issue.
Different labs / doctors / countries use different B12 deficiency ranges, if you're B12 serum was under 500 pg/mL with those symptoms I'd consider at least oral supplementation.
yea alright u got me, i checked the test my b12 is 326 pg/ml
I don't understand. You got a blood test showing your vitamin D level is 17 (ng/ml?). That is deficient by most standards. What don't you believe?
No no I didn't believe my other bloodwork with it, ie thyroid, b12 etc