Body symptoms explained. Could it really be that simple?

[Tarifa]

According to this chart, most symptoms can be explained by a lack of vitamin or some other form of deficiency.

Which ones occur or occured to you and was the solution that simple?

[Anonymous]

These aren't necessarily true, or even the most common causes of some of these symptoms.

Bad breath is usually a sign of tooth infection.

Ringing in the ears is usually an idiopathic condition, sometimes high blood pressure but sometimes heart disease also. If you think its high blood pressure then keep track of your blood pressure for a week and see if it's high. But in any event, get it checked out by a doctor.

Nighttime cramps can be issues with the sciatic nerve.

Numb fingers can be a stroke, or constipation.

Sugar cravings can be low blood sugar.

Recurring headaches can be any number of things, some of them very dangerous, and should be checked out if they are recurring.

Bleeding gums is usually early gum disease or worse.

Always tired can be heart disease or just fatigue. Giving vitamin D can result in too much vitamin D, which can poison you.

Dizziness can be heart disease.

Many of these can be early signs of diabetes.

Some of these range from mild to severe, and blithely labeling them one thing or the other based on a chart can be very dangerous, especially if the condition is ongoing. Some of them are emergencies, such as swollen ankles or yellow eyes.

[sage2021]

I would like to give you a warning ☢️⚠️ that when taking vitamin D, be careful not to overdose on it.

Yes, it seems like a harmless vitamin to take, but only at the correct dosage which your doctor or pharmacist (?) can recommend.

I found this out the hard way when my rheumatologist put me on 50,000 international units (IU) to be taken once a week.

However, she didn't want to see me again for 6 months. Far too long to be on that high dosage. I should have been told to stop it after no more than 3 months.

I started going to another doctor and he just kept prescribing me what my order doctor prescribed and I took it for at least 2-3 YEARS!

I ended up very sick with Vitamin D toxicity.

[SamIam96]

For years you took 50 times the recommended dosage without asking questions?

[sage2021]

@SamIam96

My question is why would a doctor prescribe me 50 times the recommended dosage to begin with?
I was only the patient.

[Sunrising]

Vitamin D is best taken by being outside in the sunshine, though a doctor once prescribed me a course of tablets for a few weeks in winter.

[Massageman]

Some such as yellowish eyes have been well-established as a signal of liver issues. Yawning for increase oxygen is actually the body ridding itself of the carbon dioxide- the excess CO2 is the trigger, but this has been well-established also. Feeling dizzy for many can mean low hydration rather than low sugar, although both are suspect with the symptomology.

Muscles are triggered to move via calcium, and relax in the presence of magnesium. This is why epsom salts- magnesium sulfate- added to bath water are so relaxing- the body absorbs the magnesium.

The others are far less "proven".

If anyone has these symptoms on a recurring basis, I urge them to visit their primary care physician.

[slatyb]

No, it can't. There is an infinite amount of medical misinformation and multiple causes for all these symptoms. While these deficits may cause the associated symptom, they may have other more complex causes. For better information, look at web sites controlled by serious medical organizations (MDs, not chiropractors, naturopaths and other pseudo-scientific nonsense). There are a number of them.

[SamIam96]

There's a hint of truth to many of these. Some are just common sense (yawning -> low oxygen). Others the cause is one of many possibilities (always tired...). Either there's nothing to do about the problem (chilly hands & feet -> wear gloves and socks) or the condition is so severe that by the time these symptoms appear, you've ignored other symptoms for a very long time (yellowish eyes).

In short, the chart is simplistic and of no value.

[Abbycado]

No. That is dangerous to assume an ailment is only a vitamin deficiency.

[Tarifa]

Exactly my point. Yet, people are gullible and tend to believe just about anything.

[Abbycado]

The last thing people need are to try to self diagnose and allow a serious problem to persist because they want to believe it is something simple.

[CherryLove007]

No sorry it is not. Sometimes being constipated and dehydrated so long will lead to nutritional deficiencies because the extra stop up in the colon will not allow for nutrient absorption.

[Hunter-40m]

Sometimes your body sends some warnings the ones shown in the graphic above are the small ones and we need to behave responsibly if we want to have a healthy life even we are in our fifties

[jazzy34]

I only take medical advice from medical professionals. Thanks, though. :)

[AngryCarl3]

I mean some of these could have multiple causes. Which is why doctors get stuff wrong so often.

[Nikki1989]

Those are all common knowledge, but there is almost always more to it than just that.

[queenofcardio]

I think there are so many possible reasons for a certain issue.

[NathanDavis]

Bad Taste >>>> Nickelback

[McLlovin]

Interesting chart, but symptoms can have many causes. Always good to double‑check.

[MrChinaski]

Well, I guess we can throw out most of modern medicine then...

[Xawyx-2]

There are other symptoms for each of those disorders, not just one.

[thegreenyogi]

If only...

[exitseven]

what is the cure for poor circulation?