Common vitamin could bring relief from long COVID symptoms, study suggests

Vitamin D supplements whitethorn connection researchers a caller hint astir lingering COVID symptoms that persist aft infection, according to a caller study.

Researchers astatine Mass General Brigham examined whether precocious doses of vitamin D could power COVID-19 outcomes, including nan consequence of processing agelong COVID, a information successful which symptoms specified arsenic fatigue, shortness of activity and encephalon fog proceed weeks aliases months aft nan initial infection.

The findings were published successful The Journal of Nutrition.

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The randomized objective proceedings included 1,747 adults who had precocious tested affirmative for COVID-19, on pinch 277 members of their households. Participants were assigned to person either vitamin D3 supplements aliases a placebo for 4 weeks.

A caller study suggests vitamin D whitethorn thief researchers amended understand and perchance forestall agelong COVID. (iStock)

Dr. JoAnn Manson, elder writer of nan study and a expert astatine Mass General Brigham, told Fox News Digital that nan results constituent to a possible benefit related to semipermanent symptoms.

"A cardinal takeaway is that vitamin D supplementation looks promising for reducing nan consequence of processing agelong COVID but does not look to impact nan severity of nan acute infection," Manson said.

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Researchers recovered that vitamin D supplementation did not importantly alteration short-term outcomes specified arsenic symptom severity, infirmary visits aliases emergency care.

The study besides showed nary quality betwixt nan vitamin D and placebo groups successful nan likelihood that family contacts would statement nan virus.

Long COVID is simply a information wherever symptoms for illustration fatigue, shortness of breath, and encephalon fog past for weeks aliases months aft nan first infection. (iStock)

However, erstwhile researchers analyzed participants who intimately followed nan supplement regimen, they observed a imaginable quality successful lingering symptoms.

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About 21% of participants who took vitamin D reported astatine slightest 1 ongoing denotation 8 weeks aft infection, compared pinch 25% of those who received a placebo.

"There’s been tremendous liking successful whether vitamin D supplements tin beryllium of use successful COVID, and this is 1 of nan largest and astir rigorous randomized tests connected nan subject," Manson said successful nan property release.

"While we didn’t find that high-dose vitamin D reduced COVID severity aliases hospitalizations, we observed a promising awesome for agelong COVID that merits further research," she added.

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Manson said vitamin D whitethorn power longer-term complications because the nutrient plays a domiciled successful regulating inflammation successful nan body.

Researchers opportunity vitamin D whitethorn impact inflammation successful nan body, which could play a domiciled successful agelong COVID symptoms. (iStock)

Study limitations

The researchers noted respective limitations successful nan trial. The study had to beryllium conducted remotely during nan pandemic, and participants began taking vitamin D respective days aft their COVID diagnosis.

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Ideally, Manson said, supplementation would statesman earlier infection aliases instantly aft diagnosis.

She added that larger studies will beryllium needed to corroborate whether vitamin D could trim nan consequence aliases severity of agelong COVID symptoms.

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Researchers are readying further tests to analyse whether vitamin D supplementation whitethorn thief dainty group already experiencing agelong COVID.