Another Study Shows High Vitamin D levels reduce COVID-19 Infection Severity

  • High Vitamin D levels reduce COVID-19 infection severity: Confirms by a study done by the doctors of Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) on the COVID-affected patients of Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad. 
  • Improvement of Serum Vitamin D level to 80 to 100 Nanograms per MilliLitre (ng/ml) has significantly reduced the inflammatory markers of COVID 19 (N/L ratio, CRP, LDH, IL6, Ferritin) without any side effects. 
  • Vitamin D is known to enhance the production of various anti-microbial peptides by the immune cells and it also modulates the immune system apart from reducing the dysregulated production of self-damaging pro-inflammatory cytokines. The dynamic role of Vitamin D can be of immense value in the context of immune dysfunction observed in COVID-19 patients with cytokine storm and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  • Less than 5% of people contracted the COVID-19 if the Vitamin D level was more than 55 ng/ml in them
  • The mortality of COVID patients is almost zero if Vitamin D level was 60 ng/ml and it is very high if the levels are less than 30 ng/ml. 

~Praveen Jada

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/high-vitamin-d-levels-reduce-covid-infection-nims-study/article34684271.ece