Vitamin D Deficiency Increases COVID-19 Severity

According to a study, people suffering from Vitamin D deficiency were likely to develop severe COVID-19 compared to patients who had higher levels of the vitamin. Israeli researchers found that helped a person’s immune system fight off the virus after it was measured among 1,176 patients between April 2020 to February 2021.

Vitamin D is considered a vital ingredient to keep bones, teeth, and muscles healthy, with low levels associated with infectious diseases, including cardiovascular diseases.deficiency also causes rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Safed in Israel found that patients with vitamin D deficiency with less than 20 ng/mL were 14 times more likely to have a severe COVID-19 than those with more than 40 ng/mL.

The study further stated that the mortality rate among patients with enough was 2.3% compared to 25.6% in the vitamin D deficient group. Amiel Dror from Bar-Ilan University said that the results suggest that it is advisable to maintain normal levels of. This will be beneficial to those who contract the virus.

Amiel Dror added that there is a clear consensus for Vitamin D supplementation regularly as advised by local health authorities and global health organizations. The study said deficiency was a “predictive risk factor” in COVID-19 clinical disease course and mortality while adding that research found a “new dimension” but that it is still unclear why some people suffer from severe COVID-19 infection while others do not.