Zika birth defects may be prevented by Vitamin D

 

 

FACT: Many viruses are prevented/treated by Vitamin D

• Vitamin D prevents Hepatitis-C and helps treat it (many studies)

• Influenza prevented by 40 ng levels or treated with vitamin D hammer (50,000 IU) – June 2015

• Vitamin D and the anti-viral state – March 2010

• Influenza of 1918 and vitamin D - July 2010

• Vitamin D can probably augment or replace many vaccines – March 2015

• Four antiviral strategies – includes vitamin D – Vasquez Dec 2014

• Those with HIV who doubled their vitamin D levels reduced their chance of death by 47 percent – Oct 2013

• Viral infection reduced 90 percent with 2000 IU of vitamin D – Dec 2010

• Vitamin D can inhibit enveloped virus (e.g. Corona, Herpes, Bird Flu, Epstein, Hepatitis, RSV, etc.) – March 2011

  FACT: Immune system is strengthened by Vitamin D

• Infectious diseases and vitamin D – update May 2015

• Adaptive immunity (cancer, viruses, autoimmune) and vitamin D – April 2016

• Infectious Disease typically not treated if use less than 4000 IU vitamin D daily– review Oct 2014

  FACT: Placenta immune system is also strengthened by Vitamin D

• Virus blocking by placenta when mother has enough vitamin D

• The placenta and vitamin D – July 2012

• Pregnancy and placenta: benefits of vitamin D – 2010

  •    Placenta provides a second virus barrier

  FACT: Vitamin D improves heatlh of pregancies & infants in 15 ways

• Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D

  FACT: Zika is similar to (Dengue virus - which is hypothesized to be treated by Vitamin D

	Zika	Dengue
Mosquito vector = Aedes aegypti	YES	YES
80 % get no symptoms after bite    (asymptomatic)	YES	YES
Delay after bite until symptoms	2-7 days	4-10 days
Symptoms include fever, rash, joint pain, red eyes, muscle pain, headache	YES	YES
First infected portion of body is Langerhans cells of skin	YES	YES
Virus is both RNA and enveloped	YES	YES
Vitamin D Receptor problem 2X more likely if get symptoms	?	YES
Symptoms more likely if high BMI    High BMI associated with low vitamin D	?	YES
Outbreaks associated with rainy periods    less sun, less vitamin D	?	YES

? = Unknown: Zika disease is too new to have been studied

Click on underlined items for details

see also Dengue

• Dengue virus infection treated by (active) Vitamin D in the lab – April 2012

• Dengue, Vitamin D and microRNAs – May 2016 Hypothesis of how Vitamin D can inhibit Dengue

• Dengue Disease Microbiology Wiki

 

SUSPECT: Asymptomatic people have more vitamin D in the cells

• Note: Many genes, such as Vitamin D Receptor restrict vitamin D in blood from from being used

• Note: Taking more Vitamin D resuls in having more vitamin D in cells independant of genes

  Attempting to get data: Email sent to 30 scientists and doctors around the world on June 5

  You may be able to prevent thousands of Zika related birth defects.

• We are writing to you because we believe that supplementing with sufficient Vitamin D may be able to strengthen immune systems in pregnant women enough to prevent Zika birth defects.

• Vitamin D has been studied and proven to effectively counter similar viruses.

• If healthy vitamin D levels can protect pregnant mothers and their unborn babies against Zika then a very low cost treatment program would be available for millions at risk.

• We are looking for data to prove or disprove this hypothesis.

• We need Vitamin D measurements for at least 100 symptomatic plus 100 asymptomatic adults of either sex that have tested positive for Zika.

• We’re asking for your help, in three possible ways:

  • 1) You can provide that data from your own research
  • 2) You know of a study or studies which have that data
  • 3) You know someone else who might have that data

• If you can help, please respond or forward this email to someone who might have the data.

• Time is of the essence. Thank you.

• Sincerely, Henry Lahore hlahore@gmail.com 360-301-9413

  UPDATE June 9: Vitamin D might increase a protein (IFITM) which stops viral diseases like Zika

• See Virus (Zika, etc.) replication is restricted by IFITM proteins – June 2016

  • with email from VitaminDWiki to the author at the bottom of the page

  CONCLUSION: Increased Vitamin D will greatly reduce Zika birth defects

• Strong maternal and placenta immune systems will prevent fetus from being infected by Zika virus

• Note: Vitamin D supplementation might eliminate viral symptoms in adults (both Zika and Dengue)

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See also web

• How to significantly reduce your risk of contracting the Zika virus main Zika page in VitaminDWiki

• How does the body fight off a virus? BBC April 2013, nice description

• IMMUNE RESPONSES TO VIRUSES Bitesized Immuniology

• Mosquito Borne Diseases Pest Help.com

• Restriction of Zika Virus by Host Innate Immunity

  • Cell Host and Microbe, Volume 19, Issue 5, p566–567, 11 May 2016
  • Editorial on technical article in that issue - behind $35 paywall

  Inflammatory and Innate Immune Responses in Dengue- 2013

  📄 Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki

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