AZ Delta sees link between vitamin D deficiency and severity of corona symptoms
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The study was conducted on 186 corona patients in the hospital. The study was conducted in the first week of April during the first corona wave. 186 patients with severe symptoms of corona were then examined.
Dieter De Smet, AZ Delta lab: “We found that the vitamin D content and the percentage of vitamin deficiency are related to the severity of the condition and the risk of death.” Vitamin D increases the resistance and ensures that the immune system does not overreact. Almost half of the people are deficient in vitamin D. “It is very common, all year round. Most pronounced in winter and spring. But in all age categories. From the age of 18 we see that this increases to 40% of our population. That is, I am talking about patients who have come to the hospital. ”
You get vitamin D by eating oily fish and also by sunlight. You can also increase it with supplements. Whether it can prevent Covid is not clear. “One has to be aware that no one benefits from a vitamin D deficiency. Not even in other times. In a country like ours, where sunlight is insufficient to provide sufficient vitamin D, it should be an appropriate strategy to ensure that you are not vitamin D deficient. “
Studies in other countries have now also established the link between a vitamin D deficiency and serious conditions by Covid.
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