# Reduced vitamin D levels in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/reduced-vitamin-d-levels-in-painful-diabetic-peripheral-neuropathy/5685
**Category:** Nerves
**Tags:** vitamin-d
**Created:** [December 2, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/reduced-vitamin-d-levels-in-painful-diabetic-peripheral-neuropathy/5685 "2018-12-02T01:40:31Z")
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### Author: ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/reduced-vitamin-d-levels-in-painful-diabetic-peripheral-neuropathy/5685/1 "2018-12-02T01:40:31Z")

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[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dme.13798](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dme.13798)

This article outlines a study that purports a correlation between low vitamin d and peripheral neuropathy, taking into account exposure to sunlight and daily activity. It’s a small sample, but I think that the conclusions are remarkable.

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### Author: ![Kailee56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kailee56](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Kailee56)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/reduced-vitamin-d-levels-in-painful-diabetic-peripheral-neuropathy/5685/2 "2018-12-02T15:11:34Z")

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Very interesting. Just referred someone on another site to this article. That persons neuropathy is so bad they are contemplating elective foot amputations! Would be wonderful if Vit D supplement could help.

They do not know if it a cause or correlation. I feel better, however, in taking extra Vit D to help prevent neuropathy, which my father and a grandmother had.

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### Author: ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/reduced-vitamin-d-levels-in-painful-diabetic-peripheral-neuropathy/5685/3 "2018-12-04T23:42:19Z")

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Very interesting conclusion.

The next step would have been to give Vitamin D to those who scored low, and see if it made a difference. I am really surprised that they did not do it. Instead of in interesting but by no means conclusive study it would be a breakthrough–if it had worked of course.

Or maybe they did it but did not report it 🙂