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Originally Posted by cyclelops
I would say your low Vit D is a bigger issues....see your kidney doc. I ended up with low Vit D and distal renal tubular acidosis. That issue can be fixed, and low Vit D can result in osteomalacia, and severe bone pain....and I mean severe! That is where docs kind of messed up and missed this....thought it was neuropathy.
Keep in mind that autonomic neuropathy causes sicca syndrome....my theory is kidney issues can too. Other than the kidneys...that calcium has to go somewhere! Just a theory.
Go see the neprhrologist.
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Any idea how long it takes before Vitamin D deficiency can cause other problems?
Mine is back up to normal... but I still worry that it could easily slip back down, so I am a bit annoying and ask my doctor to order blood work nearly every month, even though he doesn't feel it is necessary to check that often.
Since I only have one good kidney, I also have him check kidney function when I do blood work as well, but it always comes back as functioning fine.
I will have to do some more research on low Vit. D and what it has been linked to.
I don't fully understand why people seem to work so hard to get a diagnosis.. because in the majority of cases, it seems like knowing the cause doesn't change a single thing... so people finally find out and then they just end up spending years and lots of money on it, only to find out they can't change the outcome anyway. I realize this isn't always the case... sometimes there are causes that can be treated. For example, someone with diabetes could change diet and exercise and try to shed the diabetes... but the PN would still be there anyway. That's what I'm trying to say--knowing the cause is good if the cause is something you can get rid of, but so often it is not.
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My name is Sarah and I am 25 years old. I have a lot of chronic health problems. Peripheral neuropathy and POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) keep me bedridden the majority of the time. I also struggle with degenerative disc disease, disc desiccation, spondylolisthesis, arthritis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) with insulin resistance, allergies, sound sensitivities, and other health problems.