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Ayesha:
here comes the dumb member again with her list of questions :D *yay*

well, I just want two lines on each of the thing i mention below, so that it helps me understanding them :$

Calcium:
Vitamin A:
Vitamin B:
Vitamin C:
Vitamin D:
Vitamin E:
Magnesium:
Phosphorus:
L-Carnitine:
Zinc:

can any of you please write two lines for each of them so that i can understand them... and can start them, am taking them right now except Magnesium, Phosphorus, L-Carnitine and Zinc, and kindly mention the doe please???

and btw, few weeks ago I mentioned that I have got to know I have Hep. C, but after getting the result of my test of Hep. C PCR, It is clear that I don't have Hep. C and being a dumb member I shared my problem but I couldn't update that I have got result :$ am extremely sorry... :$ thanks for your care, time and support thanks alot! and please please please please forgive this dumb member :$

Manal:
Ayesha, in general thal has contionous depletion for all minerals and vitamins because the body is under great stress. Those viamins have many functions but i will just say what may be of concern to thal. So this means that these are NOT the only functions

Calcium & Phosphorus: Both are essential for healthy bones. This is important to thal because usually the bone marrow is active and cause a lot of pressure on bones causing them to be brittle that is why you need to have as much as possible healthy bones. Phosphorus should be present in order for the cell to release energy needed for metabolism

Vitamin A: important in the formation of red blood cells, vision, growth and development, immunity, and one of the most things is that its defiency causes zinc defiency too

Vitamin B:There are lot to say here and there are many vitamin B like B6, B12,.... but they are also important for blood formation, nervous system, gene expression and they act as coenzymes. Their presence is important for the formation of many enzymes. Increase the immunity
 
Vitamin C:For thal it shouldn't be taken within meals but rather between meals as it helps in the absorption of iron. It should be taken after half an hour from the starting of desferal because it helps to release more iron out of the body. A max dose for a thal is 250mg everday. Though we have to stay away from Vitamin C because of iron , we should not have deficiency in it because it is an antioxidant and can regenerate other antioxidants such as vitamin E . It is important to in the formation of carnatine.

Vitamin D:You have to have it in order to absorb Calcium and Phophrous and therefore vitamin D defiency leads to Osteoporisis. It is important in the secretion of insulin. Helps in growth

Vitamin E:it is an antioxidant, research in Singapore conference said it was safe to take daily up to 600mg but it should be from a natural source. It is very important for thal because they have a very high oxidative stress

Magnesium: makes the red cell membrane stronger and therefore prolonging its life and therefore decreasing hemolysis leading to a decrease in the levels of bilirubin and therefore helps in the less formation of gall stones, important to the heart because togather with calcium regulates the heart beats, it is important in more than 300 reactions in the body

L-Carnitine:Decreases Apoptosis, maintaing healthy muscles and the most important heart muscle, prolonging the life of red blood cell so it can increase the gap between transfusions, in some intermedias, it increases the Hb

Zinc:Most of the metabolic reactions depend on the presence of zinc.  They can have three roles either thy help in formation of enzymes, or they themselves are the main components of proteins or they can regulate certain body functions. Very important for growth that its absence may cause growth retardation to children


Ayesha, i tried to be brief but you can learn more about the above in this link
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins.html


Also in my opinion, i think that if there is a possibility to check these levels in the body would be the best choice because sometimes things contradictes with other .
For example too much zinc decreases the absorption of magnesium and chelates copper

Hope this helps

manal

Dori:
Ayesha also asked the question in name of me.

I can't believe that you all taking so many supplements. I only take 5mg of folic acid daily. In the past I forgot it 9 of 10 times.
All my docs never mention this stuff. Thank god, i'd a new doc at the age of 16 who told me to start with chelation therapy so fast as possible. I have never been warned for that. I did take a few L1/deferiprone, but it wasn't enough. My ferritine was at that time 5000. It's 2400 at the moment. Exjade isn't doing his job very well yet;)

Be proud of yourself that you all know so much about it.

Cheers, Dore

Manal:
Never mind Dore, better late than never :wink

Please feel free to ask whatever you want and welcome dear :hugfriend

manal

Narendra:
I would like to know the difference when taking the vitamins mentioned in the post along with the chelator being used. For example, Vit C is good when used with desferal, but what if someone is not at all on desferal and on either L1(Kelfer) or Exjade(Asunra), should they still take Vitamin C?

Thanks Sharmin for the post.

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