UTI's and Vitamin D

Women's health
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I know some of you have been mentioning recurring UtI infections and ran across this a few days ago....it's a pubMed articles you can find online. It doesn't give an details of amount or waht is considered low or high D... but we here are startin gto gather intel on that.. sufficiency is dfferent for everyone but I know know it is if defitnely north of 60ng/dl for anyone with an autoimmune disease... and remember there is no over dosing if taking vitamin A also.  hope this helps some of you.

 

Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;17(12):e1121-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.06.007. Epub 2013 Aug 2.The association between serum levels of vitamin D and recurrent urinary tract infections in premenopausal women.Nseir W1, Taha M, Nemarny H, Mograbi J.Author information

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

To examine whether there is any association between serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH) vitamin D) and the recurrence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) among premenopausal women.

METHODS:

During a period of 3 years, 93 premenopausal women with a medical history of recurrent UTIs were enrolled from the Infectious Diseases Unit. Cases with recurrent UTIs were compared to 93 age-matched (±5 years) women with no history of recurrent UTI (control group), in terms of serum 25(OH) vitamin D and different risk factors for recurrent UTI. Recurrent UTI was defined as three or more episodes of UTI over a 12-month period.

RESULTS:

The mean age of women with recurrent UTIs was 43.8±9 years and of controls was 39±10 years (p=0.839). The mean serum levels of 25(OH) vitamin D among women with recurrent UTIs were significantly lower than those of controls (9.8 ng/ml±4 vs. 23 ng/ml±6; p<0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that a serum 25(OH) vitamin D level of <15 ng/ml (odds ratio 4.00, 95% confidence interval 3.40-4.62; p=0.001) was associated with recurrent UTIs in premenopausal women.

CONCLUSIONS:

In this retrospective study, we found that recurrent UTIs in premenopausal women are associated with vitamin D deficiency.

Copyright © 2013 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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my apologies for such bad typing... (grin I thinki had too many chocolates jsut now..)

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Hi Nancy- I recently came avross some info from an Environmental Health Dr who thinks our  Vit D should be at 90 ng/dl for anyone with an autoimmune disease. 

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Our friend Vit D appears again! Thanks Nancy! 😍

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Hi Karen, how many units of Vit. D is 90 ng/dl?  Our bottles of Vit D are sold in units of 1000 up to 5000.

Thanks for clarification.

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Sorry Jeri- I should have explained my answer. The 90 is the number that you want your test to come out near when your Dr checks your levels. Several years ago I had mine tested and my Vit D was almost 0! He put me on 50,000 UI per day for 3 months to get my level up. Once that happened I just took 5,000 UI per day. After my LS diagnosis I take 10,000 UI of Vit D3 and 20,000 Vit A to balance it. You need to get a blood test done to check your current level and then discuss with your Dr how to get it up. They used to say we needed a level of 30, then 60, now research says AI affected people should have a level of 90! 

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HI Karen, OH! that's so great to hear!  I have only seen one article about getting our D levels up to 90 - 100 ng/dl - BUT it wasn't from a doctor of any type so I have left it off until I could find more verification. I'm sure it's true, it was from a man who had to research and solve his own issues because he couldn't get the help he needed from his own docs - sound familiar?

BUT Karen if you could please please find the article you found so we can take a look at the sources I'd really appreciate it! THANKS ever so much. 

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Great article, thanks! I take vit d3 , 5000 units per day since after cancer treatment, helps a lot. I always feel like I have a UTI, but testing comes out negative.

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Nancy- Here is the article, re- printed in Total Wellness Newslettee December 2017 Dr Sherry Rogers , MD

Wilfinger, J., ar al, Primary vitamin D Receptors target genes as biomarkets for the Vitamin D3 status in the hematopoietic system- Journal Nutiritional Biochemistry 25:975-84, 2014