UK (NHS) now provides blood taking at home (Vitamin D, panel, etc.) – June 2019

Montor my Health

Order your own test and sample your blood at home
Get results in approximately 2 days
Results can optionally be shared with your doctor
£ 29 Vitamin D
£ 47 Panel: Diabetes, Vitamin D, Cholesterol, Thyroid
Vitamin D Reference ranges (UK)
Deficient - Less than 10 nmol/L
Insufficient - 10 - 35 nmol/L
Adequate - 36 - 60 nmol/L
Optimal - Greater than 60 nmol/L

Needs more blood than a bloodspot test – perhaps 1 teaspoon of blood

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See also VtiaminDWiki

• Low cost vitamin D Blood Tests
• Quick, free, self test of vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D testing at home – for as little as 50 dollars on Amazon
• UK considers Vitamin D tests appropriate for only 4 existing health problems, – June 2018
  • Appears that doctors in the NHS system are often unable to order for a free Vitamin D test

Tests for Vitamin D contains the following overview/opinion

• Fact: Many countries no longer pay for more than 1 (some not pay for even a single Vit D test)
    They feel that Vit D testing is not needed except for a few conditions (Rickets, etc) Japan is an exception
• Fact: Vit D tests are not very accurate
     The best lab tests have accuracies and repeatabilities of +-5 ng
     Many lab tests have accuracies and repeatabilities of +- 10 ng - or worse
     Vitamin D deficiency of a group - 15% to 48%
• Fact: Low-cost office/home Vit D tests are available around the world (not US as of 2018)
     Low-cost 35 ng Y/N test by Nanospeed
     Low-cost Vitamin D testers (about 13 dollars in quantity) – Feb 2018 Nanospeed
     Quick, free, self test for deficiency
• Fact: 3 major Vit D gene problems are not noticed by Vit D tests
     ~ 20% of people have poor Vit D genes
     Hint that Vit D not getting to cells: Vit D related diseases run in your family
     Another hint - you have one of the 40 diseases which are 2X more likely if have poor genes
• Fact: A Vit D test will rarely (<1 in 1000) indicate that you are getting too much
• Opinion: If only getting a single test, wait till after supplementing with Vit D
     3 months after starting a maintenance dose or 4 weeks after a loading dose