RoeselareResearch by the AZ Delta hospital in Roeselaar shows that there is a clear link between vitamin D deficiency and a serious Covid-19 lung disease. The clinical biologists examined the Vitamin D status in the admission of 186 corona patients.
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Vitamin D is important for the growth and maintenance of strong bones and teeth. It also strengthens the innate immune system and prevents an overreaction of our immune system. The AZ Delta study shows that there is a clear link between vitamin D deficiency on admission, the stage of Covid-19 and the risk of death.
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Blood analysis
“This concerns research that we conducted up to the first week of April on 186 seriously ill covid patients,” says Dieter De Smet, head of the AZ Delta lab. “Blood analysis shows that they had a clearly pronounced vitamin D deficiency. Forty percent of Belgians are already deficient in vitamin D anyway, but in the covid patients over eighteen years of age we recorded even higher percentages. The findings are unrelated to conditions related to vitamin D such as chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. “
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De Smet feels it is a bridge too far to use vitamin D as a treatment for corona. “On the other hand, it is true that no one should be deficient in vitamin D, while you can protect yourself against it in a cheap and simple way. Just think of supplements or food with vitamin D-rich components such as fish. Sunlight also helps, but in our regions it is not enough. Further research is recommended and I especially want to give the message that people can easily update such a deficiency preventively, in order to stimulate your immune system. ”
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A second study by AZ Delta furthermore shows that almost half of the 16,274 hospitalized patients had a vitamin D deficiency in the past year. Male corona patients in particular showed severe deficiencies.
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The research will soon be published in the American scientific journal American Journal of Clinical Pathology.
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Also read: Does vitamin D help against corona? (+)
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