Vitamin A Deficiency

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DS7 went for his quarterly CF visit in July and was found to be Vitamin A deficient. He started a supplement of 20,000 units/day last week. He is now tired, has no appetite and experiencing stomach pains - those happen to be symptoms of a Vit A overdose. DS also has hemorrhoids right now so he is on a laxative. I thought maybe the laxative was causing these symptoms but now I don't know. I have a call into his dr but was wondering if anyone else experienced this.

 

[scrapper1264]

DS7 went for his quarterly CF visit in July and was found to be Vitamin A deficient. He started a supplement of 20,000 units/day last week. He is now tired, has no appetite and experiencing stomach pains - those happen to be symptoms of a Vit A overdose. DS also has hemorrhoids right now so he is on a laxative. I thought maybe the laxative was causing these symptoms but now I don't know. I have a call into his dr but was wondering if anyone else experienced this.

 

[scrapper1264]

DS7 went for his quarterly CF visit in July and was found to be Vitamin A deficient. He started a supplement of 20,000 units/day last week. He is now tired, has no appetite and experiencing stomach pains - those happen to be symptoms of a Vit A overdose. DS also has hemorrhoids right now so he is on a laxative. I thought maybe the laxative was causing these symptoms but now I don't know. I have a call into his dr but was wondering if anyone else experienced this.
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[Ratatosk]

DS is on two source CF chewables per day, which have about 9,000 units per tablet and he also takes a Vitamin A softgel each morning. Usually an 8,000 unit one if I'm unable to find 10,000 unit ones at the drugstore. He's 7 and has been on the for years and doesn't have issues. His vitamin levels have been about average.

What type of laxative is he on? Is he constipated? I know when DS had issues with constipation his eating decreased and he'd sometimes get sick to his stomach.

 

[Ratatosk]

DS is on two source CF chewables per day, which have about 9,000 units per tablet and he also takes a Vitamin A softgel each morning. Usually an 8,000 unit one if I'm unable to find 10,000 unit ones at the drugstore. He's 7 and has been on the for years and doesn't have issues. His vitamin levels have been about average.

What type of laxative is he on? Is he constipated? I know when DS had issues with constipation his eating decreased and he'd sometimes get sick to his stomach.

 

[Ratatosk]

DS is on two source CF chewables per day, which have about 9,000 units per tablet and he also takes a Vitamin A softgel each morning. Usually an 8,000 unit one if I'm unable to find 10,000 unit ones at the drugstore. He's 7 and has been on the for years and doesn't have issues. His vitamin levels have been about average.
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<br />What type of laxative is he on? Is he constipated? I know when DS had issues with constipation his eating decreased and he'd sometimes get sick to his stomach.

 

[scrapper1264]

He's not constipated but has a hemorrhoid, so his dr suggested a laxative to ease the pain. He's on miralax. I decreased his dosage to half since the whole dosage was giving him diarrhea. He just threw up about an hour ago so I have an appt. with his ped this afternoon.

Thanks for your response!

 

[scrapper1264]

He's not constipated but has a hemorrhoid, so his dr suggested a laxative to ease the pain. He's on miralax. I decreased his dosage to half since the whole dosage was giving him diarrhea. He just threw up about an hour ago so I have an appt. with his ped this afternoon.

Thanks for your response!

 

[scrapper1264]

He's not constipated but has a hemorrhoid, so his dr suggested a laxative to ease the pain. He's on miralax. I decreased his dosage to half since the whole dosage was giving him diarrhea. He just threw up about an hour ago so I have an appt. with his ped this afternoon.
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<br />Thanks for your response!