Hello and welcome to HCM,
Your history suggests that your
blood test revealed low vitamin D levels.
There are symptoms of low calcium level -
body pain especially.
joint pain.
Vitamin D leads to low calcium levels and the symptoms are that of low calcium levels.
The common causes of low vitamin D are:
1. Low exposure to sunlight. Sunlight converts vitamin D in skin to its active form.
2. Deficiency of foods rich in vitamin D - fish, fish
liver oil, eggs, milk, cheese are foods rich in vitamin D. Deficiency of these food items lead to low vitamin d levels.
3. Liver and/or
kidney disease - Liver and kidney are the organs where vitamin d is converted to its active forms. Kidney is the organ where the final activation takes place.
Are any of the above mentioned risk factors present in your case?
If yes then the low levels have to be recovered and thereafter the cause has to be removed.
A family history of
prostate cancer is not a risk factor for low vitamin D levels.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal