Perhaps reduce asthma exacerbations with Vitamin D

Does vitamin D supplementation reduce the rate of asthma exacerbations requiring systemic steroids?

Evidence-Based Practice: April 16, 2019 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - p

doi: 10.1097/EBP.0000000000000369

Funez, Stephanie, MD; Volk, Bradford, MD

* Overview Asthma and Vitamin D * Asthma is poorly controlled if have 4 ng less Vitamin D – April 2019 * Asthma may be treated by Vitamin D if more than 40 ng for 12 months – Sept 2018 * Adult-onset asthma 2X more likely if low vitamin D and not hyperallergenic – May 2018 * Vitamin D supplements could halve risk of serious asthma attacks – Cochrane conclusion – Sept 2016 * Asthma reduced 60 percent with vitamin D supplementation – meta-analysis 2014, 2015 * [Search VitaminDWiki for ASTHMA in title](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&oe;=UTF-8&ie;=UTF-8&btnG;=Google+Search&googles.x;=0&googles.y;=0&q;=allintitle%3A+asthma&domains;=VitaminDWiki.com&sitesearch;=VitaminDWiki.com&gws;_rd=ssl) 206 items as of April 2019 * All items in Breathing and Vitamin D ** items * includes Asthma, Pneunomia, RTI, TB, Allergy, COPD --- 1. VitaminDWiki is exploring inhaled vitamin D as a way to treat various breathing problems Inhaling may get 1000 X more vitamin D molecules to the lung tissue than if taken orally * Inhaled vitamin D help lungs - many studies

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Tags: Breathing