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Goosebumps all the time...low vitamin A?
by jonny87, Aug 19, 2008 06:40PM
Hi there,
I have a few symptoms which I looked up and they all seems to come under having low vitamin A.
Very Little sense of smell, get dry eyes, have a low appetite, low immune system (I had glandular fever in september, and still seem to be suffering symptoms from it), spots on face, and a goosebump like appearance on my chest (see picture links below), although I have heard that low vitamin A normally shows as goosebumps in back or arms.
pictures or chest:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2736/img0853jy3.jpg
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/5885/img0856lp3.jpg
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6138/img0859qw1.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8040/img0860pl7.jpg
I wouldnt be surprised personally if I had a lack of a my vitamin or mineral as I have had a very low appetite for a long time, probably initially due to my glandular fever and my underactive thyroid (forgot to mention that earlier).
If it looks like I could have low vitamin A, how could I correct this? I already take vitamin A supplement since a few weeks ago (10,000 iu per day), and I have heard people being given 100,000 ui for low vitamin A. Could I take more vitamin A? or could I have a blood test for it?
I asked my GP for a test but he said there is not blood test he could give me for it (I live in UK by the way).
Thanks
I have a few symptoms which I looked up and they all seems to come under having low vitamin A.
Very Little sense of smell, get dry eyes, have a low appetite, low immune system (I had glandular fever in september, and still seem to be suffering symptoms from it), spots on face, and a goosebump like appearance on my chest (see picture links below), although I have heard that low vitamin A normally shows as goosebumps in back or arms.
pictures or chest:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2736/img0853jy3.jpg
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/5885/img0856lp3.jpg
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6138/img0859qw1.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8040/img0860pl7.jpg
I wouldnt be surprised personally if I had a lack of a my vitamin or mineral as I have had a very low appetite for a long time, probably initially due to my glandular fever and my underactive thyroid (forgot to mention that earlier).
If it looks like I could have low vitamin A, how could I correct this? I already take vitamin A supplement since a few weeks ago (10,000 iu per day), and I have heard people being given 100,000 ui for low vitamin A. Could I take more vitamin A? or could I have a blood test for it?
I asked my GP for a test but he said there is not blood test he could give me for it (I live in UK by the way).
Thanks
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