Food Supplement, Vitamin D 3. (Photo by BSIP / Universal Images Group by Getty Images)
There is new evidence that getting adequate amounts of vitamin D can significantly help protect hospitalized Covid-19 infected individuals from adverse consequences.
Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) analyzed data from 235 people who were hospitalized with Covid-19. They found that patients over the age of 40 who had adequate levels of vitamin D were 51.5 percent less likely to die from the infection, which they defined as at least 30 ng / mL.
D study. Michael F. Hollick, lead author of the study and professor of medical, physiology and biophysics and molecular medicine at BSUM, said: And finally death from Covid-19. ”
Patients in the study were followed for clinical outcomes, including clinical severity of the infection:
Onscious fainting
Hyp hypoxia and death result in shortness of breath
Analysis of blood for inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein)
Blood analysis for the number of lymphocytes
Vitamin All parameters Vitamin D intake and vitamin D adequately distributed compared to groups of patients
Dr. Holly recently published a separate study that found that having adequate levels of vitamin D reduced the risk of catching Covid-19 by 54-percent. They also believe that having enough vitamin D helps eliminate other viruses that cause upper respiratory tract diseases, including influenza.
Hollick adds, “Because vitamin D deficiency and deficiency is widespread in children and adults in the United States and around the world, especially during the winter months, it is prudent for everyone to take vitamin D supplements to reduce the risk of infection and vitamin D complications.” . Covid 19. “
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