sue1234 Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24444004Obviously I'm doing vitamin D research this morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Thank you, Sue. I would like to post this to our Facebook page, with credit to you for finding the information. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted February 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Carrie, no need to give credit to me! I know it is about the "oldest-old" subjects, being >80 years old, but I thought it may be applicable to other, younger people. One never knows with the fact that vitamin D affects the RAAS. And there are quite a few of us with RAAS issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katybug Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 I'll have to let my mom know that there is a classification for oldest-old as she was not happy to receive her AARP card a few months ago. Teehee....Thanks for the article. It does seem to be another common theme that comes up amongst those of us using this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted February 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Haha, I know, Katy, that is the first time I've seen a category name for older seniors! That whole vitamin d thing in seniors makes sense, as last year my husband and I were talking about how seniors just go down-hill once put in a nursing home. I was mentioning that they no longer get sunshine, so could only imagine how low their vitamin d levels were. I didn't have a clue it would directly be linked to their frailty upon standing, but was thinking more along the lines of their moods and well-being.I have tried to get my elderly parents to ask their doctors to test their vitamin d levels, but they just blow it off, and they say they are getting some in their multi-vitamins. They kind of look at me as a hypochondriac anyway, so anything I suggest is just because of that. They don't take me seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katybug Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 I have a feeling we will find out that vitamin d is more powerful than we even know now when it comes to long term health. And you're right...I never thought of how little sunlight people in nursing homes get....how depressing. It would be interesting to see if nursing home patients that were regularly exposed to 15-20 minutes of sunlight daily faired better than their peers. And what an easy answer it would be to improving their health and quality of life if it helped.It's hard to get parents to listen. My mom does because she has many similar issues as I have and knows I'm pretty good at research but my dad doesn't listen to anyone (including his wife) except the doctor and of course getting him to the doctor is an act of God. It's interesting to be at that age where the roll reversal between you and your parents starts to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looneymom Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Nice find. Keep posting those articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 "Orthostatic hypotension, a condition that mostly affects 'oldest-old' (i.e. ≥80 years) adults......."So between this and POTS I guess that could explain why I feel like I'm about 90 years old most days huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science girl Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 I had very low vit d (8) and turned out that it had caused osteomalacia...bone softening and the bone scan showed tiny cracks all through my skeleton. Many of us have mast cell issues and this can cause bit d depletion as bit d tries to stablise the mast cells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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