Guest guest Posted August 22, 2002 Report Share Posted August 22, 2002 Hi Everyone, This is what I have learned about vitamin k so far. Vitamin K is a fat soluble vitamin absorbed through the jejunum.. which makes me wonder why all gastric bypass patients.. especially distal RNY/s are not deficient in this vitamin. Vitamin k is readily found in food sources Vitamin K deficiency is rare amongst adults, but is serious if developed. Vitamin K is necessary for coagulation of the blood, and this helps to prevent strokes, bruising, hemorrhaging, heart attacks, etc. Vitamin K is a very important vitamin. My pt and ptt are both elevated.. indication of my either not absorbing enough vitamin k from my food sources, multi vites, or either that my liver is not processing the vitamin sufficiently. I also have a very elevated total bilirubin, alk phosphatase and ggt level.. which indicate that my liver is not functioning at full capacity. My bariatric surgeon prescribed an oral vitamin k supplement for me to take at least one month and repeat if necessary. I will have to have frequent blood work while on this medication to see where my pt and ptt.. bleeding times are..I also discovered in my research that there is another blood test.. for osteocalcin.. that is more accurate for determining vitamin k deficiency. I plan to get this test done this week. My symptoms of k deficiency , other than abnormal bleeding times, elevated liver enzymes, and a drop in total serum calcium levels.. are spontaneous bruising. Vitamin K is also needed to properly use and maintain your calcium levels and prevent osteoporosis. Thanks for reading. Hugs, from GA open RNY 12/12/00 Revision 04/18/01 Revision 02/07/02 St wt.... 392 Cw........198 Wt loss..-194 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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