Vitamin D deficiency a cause?

Vitamin D Deficiency Affects Genes for Cancer, Autoimmune Disorders
Disorders

A study has linked vitamin D deficiency with an increased risk for cancer and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis MS, and lupus. Researchers found, through mapping vitamin D receptor binding throughout the human genome, that vitamin D deficiency is a major environmental factor in increasing the risk of developing these disorders.

This Lene Andersen article makes me think our avoidance of outdoor exposure and sun activities, and our use or cortisone steroids, may make alopecia worse. Search this article and read all sections. Alopecia genes have been linked to these other condition genes (see 2010 research article in Discussions and my blogs).--TG

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Permalink Reply by Debbie on April 17, 2013 at 3:53am

Hi Tallgirl.
Vitamin deficiencies can definately be a cause of Alopecia. I had my Vit D levels tested along with a lot of other tests and the only thing that came back as a deficiency was Iron Ferritin. I hope that everyone with Alopecia has had blood tests done by their Doctor and if something is low definately follow the Doctors advice and rectify the problem. My Doctor advised me to get my Iron Ferritin levels up to 50 which it is now (it was originally 23) and I now have lots of small white hairs growing on my head. Only time will tell but I am hoping I have found my answer.

Don't give up searching for answers, one day you might just find it!

Good Luck,
Debbie.

Permalink Reply by linda carraway on April 18, 2013 at 9:27am

Going for labs today. I also had very D .All the women in my family are D deficient. My niece has poly glandular autoimmune disease, which has everything to do with her d level,she is checked weekly ,she s on a very restricted diet , shes not growing very much her nails are terrible and shes always sick. I can't pray enough .

Permalink Reply by linda carraway on April 18, 2013 at 9:21am

My vitamin D was very low I went on 5000 IUs and my hair started growing back. My hair stared falling out again in mid ,feb. I shaved mid march,
no growth and today I got up and my eyebrows are almost gone! Going for labs maybe they'll be an answer !?

Permalink Reply by Debbie on April 18, 2013 at 7:57pm

Hi Linda,
Did you continue to take the vit D supplement when your hair grew back or did you stop taking them? Good luck with your labs.
Debbie.

Permalink Reply by Rose Marie' on April 22, 2013 at 5:10pm

Hi Tallgirl

I think Vitamin D is definately part of the puzzle that alopecia areata is. My daughter has had low vitamin D and low iron (sparodically). Both deficiencies make her feel very unwell.

Rosy

Permalink Reply by willow on April 22, 2013 at 5:55pm

I did 5 years of cortisone injections every 2 wks. I strongly feel it depleted my immunity. The doctor I seen was #1 in Toronto, and she said, had I did the injections within 5-10yrs of losing my hair, I would have had a much better success. I am now 43 yrs beautifully bald :)

Permalink Reply by willow on April 22, 2013 at 6:56pm

No they are not, and I agree with the vit D...I live where winter seems forever. I supplement with many vitamins, and feel I"m a very healthy eater. Here's food for thought, my spiritual teacher always told me, I was more evolved ...like wisdom teeth, hair is no longer a critical necessity. Blessings :)

Permalink Reply by JeffreySF on April 22, 2013 at 9:29pm

I had my Vitamin D level checked a couple of years ago and the result was at the lower end of normal. I've been taking 2000 units of Vitamin D3 since then on a fairly regular basis. I'm overdue for a follow up lab draw. Any change you might ask....
Eh hard to say...

Can't hurt might help...

Permalink Reply by DM on April 26, 2013 at 6:07pm

hi willow, can you give me the name of your doctor in toronto? i need to see someone who specializes in hair loss, the regular derms i've seen arent much help. thank-you!

Permalink Reply by willow on April 26, 2013 at 6:31pm

Dr. Nadine Hradsky, she's German I believe, knows alopecia very well. She was down town Toronto. Let me know how it goes.

Permalink Reply by DM on April 26, 2013 at 6:46pm

thanks so much, willow, i will.

Permalink Reply by Tallgirl on April 28, 2013 at 12:53pm

I take 1500 mg of chewable calcium with D...that makes 3000 IU of D daily! I have been doing this since I had an appendectomy in 2006 (bloodwork also showed anemia, but at that time the anemia may have been due to excessive you-know during peri-menopause). My healthier eating/vitamin (those senior chewables) habits for 7 years now makes me a fairly fit 60-year-old.

P.S. Yesterday, I grabbed some sun rays on my head by removing my hat at my yard sale when there were no customers. Old man across the street was probably blinded by the bald glare. Let's see if he stops flirting now that he has seen the REAL me!

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