Is Vitamin D a viable treatment for Covid? Looks like it.
A short thread...
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Vitamin D and the pediatric population
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"Patients with very low Vitamin D plasma levels had more elevated D-Dimer values, a more elevated B lymphocyte cell count, a reduction of CD8 + T lymphocytes with a low CD4/CD8 ratio, more compromised clinical findings"
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33658032/
Evidence of Protective Role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) Radiation in Reducing COVID-19 Deaths
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Vitamin D and Immune Regulation: Antibacterial, Antiviral, Anti-Inflammatory
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Vitamin D as prevention is well known by many as the studies above show. But Vitamin D is also very viable as a safe and effective Therapeutic!
"Impact of Pulse D Therapy on The Inflammatory Markers in Patients With COVID-19"
researchsquare.com/article/rs-152…
More therapeutic use. 60,000 IU / day.
pmj.bmj.com/content/98/115…
More Vitamin D treatment. Makes you wonder why this isn't a standard at all hospitals...?
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A 10x increase in mortality risk with severe Vitamin D deficiency versus those who tested above 10 ng/mL (which is equal to the other common method measuring of Vit D at 25 nmol/L). 25 is very low. You should aim to be above 50.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Very well done write-up on Vitamin D with cited references by @ThingsHiddenn
hiddencomplexity.substack.com/p/vitamin-d-en…
New study as of Oct '22 from the University of South Australia. It's not specific to Covid, but took long term data (including respiratory disease related mortality) to conclude low levels of Vitamin D are directly linked to premature death.
sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/…
This says it all...
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
An extremely well done thread on Vitamin D that deserves your attention. There's a lot of great info here, including the specific mechanisms of why Vitamin D from sunlight (UVB) is so important.
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