I am a 24 year old male and since 2 months I am having chest pain especially in left side of chest and sometimes in right side too. The pain usually come and go. Sometimes it persists for a longer time. My doctor had me diagnosed for Vitamin D and the level is 15ng/ml. Is this level deficient? The pain feels like heart pain most of the times. I also have pain in hands especially in right hand and also mild pain in legs. I also have GERD problem. I have also undergone Chest X-ray,Ultrasound and blood tests and everything came back normal. My doctor has prescribed me with 60,000 IUs per week of D3 along with other meds. I have been taking these since 2 weeks but I am not having that much of relief. Sometimes my heart rate also go up and i feel uncomfortable after that. I have also headaches sometimes. Can this chest pain because of vitamin d deficiency. If it is, how much time will it take to recover from this pain if I continue with same dosage?
Unfortunately, this is quite normal, I found out I was vitamin d deficient nearly 2 years ago and am still having issues with my chest, don't get me wrong, I feel much better, but my chest does stil hurt, I was in that much pain once I honestly thought I was having a heart attack, I went to a&e but I was fine, a few people on this forum have had the same issue, it's what vitamin d deficiency does to your bones, it stops calcium being absorbed properly so your bones suffer, my whole body hurt for months, give it time, you will start to feel better.
What about meat, fish, seafoods, eggs, poultry and dairy produce as (apart from twenty minutes a day in the sun) that is the only natural source of Vitamin D.
If you don't eat any of those foods then you are likely to be deficient in Vitamin B12 too and the some symptoms of both are similar.
Thanks for reply. but sometimes the pain feels like originating fom heart. Did u have pain like that too? how much time does it take to reccover from this level deficiency?
The pain felt muscular and bone pain, I did sometimes think it was my heart, but was assured my heart was fine. My level was 17, and started taking high doses of vitamin d in early Feb, I didn't start to feel human again until around August/September, but over a year later still have pain in my bones. Just to mention, not sure if anyone else had this problem, but taking high doses of vitamin d can zap your magnesium level, and I suffered from skipped heart beats, doctor wasn't bothered, I looked into this myself, so I started taking Epsom salt baths, this really helped.
This will take time, but you will feel better soon, my doctor told me it takes at least 3 months for the vitamin d level to start rising.
The same thing is happening to me. TodayI went to doctor again and she told that all the pain I am having is because of vit d deficiency. My heart is working fine. Still I am just worried bcn of fast heartbeats. I will also try the epsom salt bath. How much time does it took after the bath for heartbeat to become normal?
It took a few baths before it started to feel normal again, you will generally feel unwell for a while, I had panic attacks in the beginning, it is quite scary what vitamin d deficiency does to your body, give it time, you will get better.
Yeah I understand that. But I am having sudden pain in my chest however the pain is not that much severe but it feels like needle pain whichcomes and goes at times. Also due to this I have panic attacks too and mypulse goes up.Also sometimes I feel shortness of breath. I don't know how much time will it take to recover. I am really very worried..
This is exactly what I experienced, like a short sharp pain, the panic attacks will stop, I was a bit depressed but declined tablets from my doctor as I read depression and panic attacks are normal when deficient, hang in there, things will get better, but it does take time.
So I met my GP this morning after going through a blood chest and a chest x ray. The only anomaly was my vitamin D levels. I also have faced these random sharp pains in my chest both left and right and sometimes it would radiate to my left arm too. Though the instances of pain have been occuring since two years, the pain was never too high therefore I was not worried. I am happy that my heart and lungs are fine. I have been prescribed a vitamin D supplement for 8 weeks (one capsule per week) and my doctor thinks this is the only problem. My vitamin D level is 28 currently. Doctor prescribed supplements can help in raising it upto 40, which is a very healthy amount. Hope this helps.
How r u now mike? I am asking becoz m also suffering from vitamin d deficiency and severe chest pain as well...as well as pain that radiates towards jaws and back of the head...
How are you Rudra..i have alsoto pain in chest and jaw...I had vitamin D3 deficiency I took medicine but after some months again I am feeling pain in my muscles and upper back and jaw. I dont why these all happening.I am depressed
Vitamin D is manufactured in our skin as a direct result of sunlight exposure.
One potential complication of prolonged Vitamin D lack is osteomalacia, a disease which causes severe structural deformities to the skeleton.
Lower level Vitamin D deficiency can lead to a number of non-specific symptoms, including possibly chronic fatigue (experts have for many years noted an association between sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalitis (CFS or ME) and low blood levels of Vitamin D).
It has been estimated that between 50-70% of people living in the northern Europe (where daylight length reduces your chances of receiving adequate sunlight in the winter) are deficient in this vitamin by March each year and apart from a couple of days in April we've not had much sun this year.
Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency include chronic pain, weak bones, frequent infections (recent research has detected an association between vitamin D deficiency and severe pneumonia), depression and fatigue.
More supplementation may be beneficial - please speak to your usual doctor.
I had same panic attack and it was like my last day came. I went hospital here doctor gives fews blood tests but not vit D and vit b12 other all normal. I took second opinion with cardiac specialist, ENT specialist, Orthopedic specialist and finally they all suggest me to go to psychtrist cause all my report normal and there is no sign of anything that causes panic attach then the psychiatrist prescribe me depression medicine.
I couldn’t comment on anybody’s particular circumstances, but I knew I had never suffered from depression and had read vitamin d deficiency caused depression, so if you feel the same , I would try it.
Thank you Clare02625 !! I am also on same boat. I never had any stress & anxiety. I am healthy male with daily exercise with no addiction to alcohol, smoking etc. I did a lot of blood test 2D echo , MRI, X ray etc but found nothing all normal just left is Vitamin b12 and D test.
How's your health now? Do you still suffer from chest pain or panic attack after first attack ? & after taking vitamin D medication is all this stop. Please reply.....