Pages tagged with "Autoimmune"
- Food allergies 6 times higher in South Australia - 2009
- Multiple Sclerosis associated with low vitamin D – by B-cells which produce antibodies
- Adaptive immunity (cancer, viruses, autoimmune) and vitamin D
- Many autoimmune diseases associated with latitude and vitamin D receptor
- Myasthenia Gravis remission with 100,000 IU vitamin D daily – one person
- Immune system is helped by vitamin D via dendritic cells
- Severe allergy (Anaphylaxis) is increasing and is associated with low vitamin D
- Hypothesis – Australia has highest rate of food allergy due to avoiding the sun
- Food allergy 12X more likely if low vitamin D and vitamin D binding gene problem
- Too much vitamin D: 1 pcnt increase in infants with food allergy, too little: 500 pcnt increase in children with food allergy
- All pregnant women (in UK) should have free vitamin D – Gillie
- Hives treatment augmented by 60,000 IU Vitamin D weekly – RCT
- Kawasaki disease (strawberry tongue) associated with very low vitamin D
- Graves Disease is 2.2X more likely with low vitamin D – meta-analysis
- Off topic: Large dose of Vitamin A increased allergic reaction in girls by 1.8X – RCT
- 1000 IU per kg Vitamin D for autoimmune diseases – Coimbra
- Rare skin diseases (autoimmune bullous ) strongly associated with low vitamin D and is increasing
- One autoimmune disease lowers vitamin D, a second AI disease does not lower it further
- Less sun (less vitamin D) more anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction)
- Autoimmune Hepatitis 8X more likely if low vitamin D