Is vitamin K bad for you?!
Question:
Is vitamin K bad for you?
I took lifeforce vitamins from the health food store for about 2 weeks. I saw my doctor who did blood work and he said my cholesterol lowered 40 points. I am worried however that the vitamin K might have caused harm though. I'm having leg pain and I saw 2 different doctors and both said it was just from my autoimmune disease and not to worry about it. I'm worried that I may have a blood clot from using the vitamins. The Dr did blood work, both metabolic profile and CBC and he looked at my leg and said it looked ok. My gyno Dr also looked and she said it looked ok too. It hurts to walk.
Additional Details3 weeks ago
I am 37 years old. The vitamin K was in the multiple vitamin but it had a bunch of other vitamins in it too.
Answers:
Vitamin K deficiency results in impaired blood clotting. Symptoms include easy bruising and bleeding (nosebleeds, bleeding gums, blood in the urine/stool, tarry black stools, or extremely heavy periods. Vit K is fat soluble, meaning you don't need to have it every day because any of the vitamin your body doesn't need immediately is stored in the liver for future use. It doesn't seem likely that it's responsible for your leg pain, but it could be something else in your vitamins that you're reacting to. If you're concerned, you could stop taking the vitamins and see if you feel better.
See also:
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec12/ch154/ch...
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/ar/archive/ja...