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The Importance of Vitamin D in COVID Recovery
In May 2020 we sent an email that stated that Vitamin D levels appear to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates.  A pilot study from Spain has now confirmed that treating patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 viral pneumonia significantly reduced the risk of needing ICU treatment.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2020 Aug 29 : 105751.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2020.105751 [Epub ahead of print]
It is very easy to get a blood draw for Vitamin D to know if your Vitamin D is in the normal range. Any doctor can order the test.Â
For patients with a high deductible or no insurance, a Vitamin D test through Quest (code 17306), ordered through Dr Crosby is $32.00.
Patients with severe Vitamin D deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications with COVID-19.
Two Early Studies both point to Vitamin D’s role in immunity and in prevention of immune over reactivity.
Date: May 7, 2020
Source: Northwestern University, Chicago
Summary: Researchers analyzed patient data from 10 countries and found a correlation between low vitamin D levels and hyperactive immune systems. Vitamin D strengthens innate immunity and prevents overactive immune responses.
Buy a Vitamin D test (pay us, use Quest) $32
After studying global data from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, researchers have discovered a strong correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates.
The researchers noted that patients from countries with high COVID-19 mortality rates, such as Italy, Spain and the UK, had significantly lower levels of vitamin D compared to patients in countries that were not as severely affected.
By analyzing publicly available patient data from around the globe, these researchers discovered a strong correlation between vitamin D levels and cytokine storm — a hyperinflammatory condition caused by an overactive immune system — as well as a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and mortality.
Not only does vitamin D enhance our innate immune systems, it also prevents our immune systems from becoming dangerously overactive. This means that having healthy levels of vitamin D could protect patients against severe complications, including death, from COVID-19.
“Our analysis shows that it might be as high as cutting the mortality rate in half,” Backman, one of the researchers said. “It will not prevent a patient from contracting the virus, but it may reduce complications and prevent death in those who are infected.”
Before deciding on a Vitamin D dose, simple blood testing can be done to help assist with knowledge of your personal Vitamin D level and needs.
This fat soluble Vitamin will accumulate over time, so a large loading dose to assist with getting into the mid-normal range is not necessarily the dose you would need to stay on to maintain a mid-normal level.
For $32, our office can have Vitamin D blood labs performed at Quest and assist you in identifying your correct Vitamin D dosage.
Interested in this testing but not sure you want to go for a blood draw to Quest? For $50 we have a wonderful phlebotomist who can take your blood in your home! (She wears a mask, gloves and carries plenty of hand sanitizer!)
Chicago Northwestern University. “Vitamin D levels appear to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates: Patients with severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 May 2020.
For additional reading on this early research into Vitamin D and COVID-19 severity, please read this journal article published in in the Lancet/diabetes-endocrinology on May 20,2020.
https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/landia/PIIS2213-8587(20)30183-2.pdf
