Vitamin D as a Possible Factor that Reduces COVID-19 Complications
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2020-10-30
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جامعة الشيخ عبدالله البدري
Abstract
Abstract
Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19) remains a serious health problem worldwide
cause by a novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS COV-2) which rapidly declared on 30-Jan-2020 as a global pandemic by WHO.
Unfortunately, there is no effective treatment or vaccine available so far. The only
preventive measure to break the spreading of the virus is by physical distancing,
wearing masks, and lockdown of countries. All of the above mentioned measures
implemented in European and African countries, despite that, the outbreak of
the African countries has resulted in quite a few number of cases. Sever cases of
COVID-19 is resulted from acute lung injury and cytokine storm. Vitamin D is well known to inhibit the pathological inflammatory immune response by suppressing
the activation of Th1 cells and activation of T regulator cells, as a result of that,
vitamin D could minimize the occurrence of the cytokine storm. African countries
has a privilege of sunshine most of the year seasons that help synthesizing Vitamin
D3
which could explain the low number COVID-19 cases compared to European
countries.