Correlation between vitamin d andcovid-19 patients
International Journal of Development Research
Correlation between vitamin d andcovid-19 patients
Received 01st March, 2022; Received in revised form 11th April, 2022; Accepted 23rd May, 2022; Published online 28th June, 2022
Copyright © 2022, Javorski Jocelaine Mancias et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Vitamin D deficiency is suspected to cause possible complications in COVID-19 patients or they might be provided with a poor prognosis. However, this same vitamin D in excess is capable of causing toxicity. The presentstudy was based on a qualitative/quantitative study carried out from July to September, 2021 .Patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and who sought medical appointment in a private general practice in the city of Caçador,state of Santa Catarina (SC), were selected. The sample consisted of 54 patients who sought ambulatory care and who had a positive diagnosis for COVID-19. Vitamin D levels were found to beeither insufficient or deficient in most patients. However, the plasma concentration of vitamin D in these patients cannot be related to the positivity of the disease or hospitalization. What can be safely concluded is that vitamin D has numerous proven benefits, such as maintaining the cells of the immune system and, thus, preventing infectious diseases.
