Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Post-Acute Outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Simple Remedy at Hand for Common Problem
With five years of experience in long-COVID, frontline doctors and mid-level providers have been searching for correctable factors to help patients get back on the right track.
Wu et al, used the TriNetX research network of COVID-19 patients between January 1 and November 30, 2022. Patients were matched using propensity score matching (PSM) and divided into vitamin D deficient (< 20 ng/mL) and control (≥ 20 ng/mL) groups. The primary outcome was a composite of long-COVID, all-cause emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalization, and death during the follow-up period (90-180 days) after the diagnosis of COVID-19.
Vitamin D deficiency was not associated with the development of long-COVID identified by ICD-10 codes, however it was associated with a higher risk of all-cause ED visits (HR = 1.114; 95% CI = 1.012-1.226), all-cause hospitalization (HR = 1.230; 95% CI = 1.105-1.369), and all-cause death (HR = 1.748; 95% CI = 1.047-2.290).
In clinical practice I recommend 10,000 IU of vitamin D with 100-200 mcg of vitamin K2 to to my patients. This should eliminate any risk of vitamin D deficiency and hopefully will be part of a supplement regimen that keeps patients healthy and out of the hospital.
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If every one had good Vit. D levels (say at least 60 ng/ml = 150 nmol/L), then the incidence of disease like cancer would be half of what it is as our immune systems would be much better. Pharmaceutical drug use would be cut in half. Optimum Vit. D levels (say 80-100 ng/ml = 200-250 nmol/L) would result in an even more healthier population.
But they don't want us to know that so they can keep us sicker and make more money on the healthcare and drug side. So they have come up with the scare tactic of Vit. D toxicity.
Having good or high Vit. D levels is probably the best supplementation (if don't get enough sunlight exposure which is most of us reading this) one can do for their health.
The book “The Vitamin D Solution” documented that life guards in summer had 25(OH)D levels of 100 to 150. I hit 130 ng/ML with Calcium smack dab in middle of range.