Types

• The main role of Vit D is to help regulate blood levels of calcium, phosphorous and Magnesium. It is vital for the growth and health of bones. Two forms of Vit D can be measured in the blood, 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25- dihyrdoxyvitamin D
• 25 OHD3 is the major form found in blood and is a precursor for other vitamin D metabolites....

Description

• 11 -70 ng/ml

When to get Tested

Elevated Level

• Hypocalcaemia
• Vitamin D intoxication

Decreased Level

• Nutritional rickets/ Osteomalacia
• Senile/ Postmenopausal osteoporosis
• Inflammatory bowel disease (eg: Crohn’s disease)
• Insufficiency of exocrine pancreas
• Biliary cirrhosis
• Liver dysfunction
• Renal osteodystrophy
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Neonatal hypocalcaemia
• Hypocalcemia
• Anticonvulsant drugs