Long-Haul more prevalent among seniors - June - 2022

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Long covid symptoms are often overlooked in seniors - June 26, Washington Post

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• Only now is the impact on older adults beginning to be documented. In a study published in the journal BMJ, researchers estimated that 32 percent of older adults in the United States who survived covid infections had symptoms of long covid up to four months after infection"
• "The data encompasses both older adults who were hospitalized because of covid (27 percent) and those who were not (73 percent)."

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Huge increased risk of many health problems by seniors who had gotten COVID (BMJ. cited by Wash. Port)

Risk of persistent and new clinical sequelae among adults aged 65 years and older during the post-acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection: retrospective cohort study - BMJ - Feb 2022 PDF

Much more likely for seniors to get many health problems after getting COVID

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Increased Risk ranges from 2 X to 7.5 X

Example: increased the risk of Dementia by 2.5

Note: Virtually all of the increased health problems are also associated with low vitamin D

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VitaminDwiki - 10 reasons why seniors need more vitamin D contains

1. Senior skin produces 3X less Vitamin D for the same sun intensity
2. Seniors have fewer vitamin D receptors as they age
3. Seniors are indoors more than than when they were younger
   • not as agile, weaker muscles; frail, no longer enjoy hot temperatures
   • (if outside, stay in the shade), however, seniors might start outdoor activities like gardening, biking, etc.
4. Seniors wear more clothing outdoors than when younger
   • Seniors also are told to fear skin cancer/wrinkles
5. Seniors often take various drugs which reduce vitamin D
   • Some reductions would not show up on vitamin D test
   • statins, chemotherapy, anti-depressants, blood pressure, beta-blockers, etc
6. Seniors often have one or more diseases which consume vitamin D
   • osteoporosis, diabetes, MS, ...
7. Seniors generally put on weight at they age - and a heavier body requires more vitamin D
8. Seniors often (40%) have fatty livers – which do not process vitamin D as well
9. Reduced stomach acid ==>less Magnesium needed to utilize vitamin D
   (would not show up on vitamin D test)
10. Seniors with poorly functioning kidneys do not process vitamin D as well
    (would not show up on vitamin D test) 2009 full text online  Also PDF 2009
11. Vitamin D is not as bioavailable in senior digestive systems (Stomach acid or intestines?)

• Category Seniors and Vitamin D 393 items

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VitaminDwiki Seniors category is associated with 37 categories – examples

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52+ VitaminDWiki pages have LONG-HAUL or LONG-COVID in the title