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- What to Do if You’re Experiencing Hair Loss After Covid – Sept 2022
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- Vitamin D Recommendation for COVID hair loss: topical vitamin D + VDR activators
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37 studies in both categories Virus and VDR - Google Scholar search for "telogen effluvium" "vitamin d" 1150 hits as of Sept 2022
What to Do if You’re Experiencing Hair Loss After Covid – Sept 2022
- “Increased shedding after illness is not unusual. The good news is that it’s most likely temporary.”
- “Some research estimates that 22 percent of those who were hospitalized with Covid-19 experienced temporary hair loss.”
- “Sudden and temporary hair loss has a medical name: telogen effluvium. It occurs when stress or illness triggers much more shedding than the typical 50 to 100 hairs a person loses per day. It is not specific to Covid-19: Experts have known for centuries that severe illness, surgery, blood loss, hospitalization, childbirth and extreme emotional events, like the loss of a loved, one can trigger telogen effluvium.”
- "But researchers have found that people with a history of Covid-19 infection are four times as likely to develop hair loss than those who were not infected."
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- Vitamin D reduces hair loss - many studies
- Mental stress, physical stress associations with low vitamin D - many studies
- Temporary hair loss (Telogen Effluvium) treated by Vitamin D (200,000 IU, twice a month) - March 2021
- Temporary hair loss (Telogen Effluvium) is 15X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Oct 2019
- Note COVID. like many viruses and some Cancers, reduces activation of the Vitamin D Receptor
Vitamin D Recommendation for COVID hair loss: topical vitamin D + VDR activators
- Topical Vitamin D provides more benefits than oral sometimes - many studies
- Vitamin D Receptor activation can be increased in 14 ways
- Resveratrol, Omega-3, Magnesium, Zinc, Quercetin, non-daily Vit D, Curcumin, intense exercise, Butyrate Ginger, Essential oils, etc Note: The founder of VitaminDWiki uses 10 of the 14 known VDR activators
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37 studies in both categories Virus and VDR This list is automatically updated
- Vitamin D preventing and treating COVID - 30,000 publications – Oct 2024
- COVID maximum downregulation of Vitamin D receptor and CYP27B1 resulted in death - Feb 2024
- COVID in hospital stopped by Vitamin D Receptor activators (curcumin, quercetin) – RCT June 2023
- Children with COVID 4X more likely to have poor Vitamin D Receptors (Note: COVID deactivates VDR) – April 2023
- Diabetes 3X more likely if had COVID ICU (VDR was deactivated) - April 2023
- COVID variants protect themselves by deactivating different VDR variants– March 2023
- Dengue Fever decimated by Vitamin D - many studies
- COVID kids were more likely to have a poor VDR (4.3 X), than low Vitamin D (2.6 X) – Sept 2022
- Cancers are associated with low vitamin D, poor vaccination response and perhaps poor VDR – July 2022
- COVID 3X more likely if a poor Receptor (cells get less Vitamin D from the blood) – July 2022
- Long-COVID is now the biggest COVID concern - many studies
- COVID death 12X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor (less D gets to cells) - many studies
- COVID severity, ICU, and mortality all associated with poor vitamin D receptor (but not D, everyone had low D) -Dec 2021
- Different Vitamin D Receptor problems cause different COVID problems - Dec 2021
- COVID-19 severity associated with 3 vitamin D genes – Oct 2021
- Poor Vitamin D receptor blocked Vitamin D from fighting avian influenza viruses (in mice) – July 2021
- Epstein-Barr is yet another virus that deactivates the Vitamin D receptor (COVID later suspected as well)– 2010
- COVID-19 symptoms and comorbidities associated with the type of Vitamin D Receptor – Oct 2021
- Enveloped virus infection (RSV, coronavirus, HIV, etc.) 1.5X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis Dec 2018
- COVID-19 outpatients getting Quercetin nanoemulsion had excellent outcomes (Q increased Vitamin D in cells) – RCT – June 2021
- A virus that most adults have (Cytomegalovirus) decreases the amount of Vitamin D which gets to the cells – Jan 2017
- COVID virus alters the activation of 100 vitamin D related genes in the lung – April 2021
- Common sense COVID-19 risk reduction - masks, social distancing, vitamin D - Oct 2020
- AI is examining 170,000 potential COVID-19 treatments, Vitamin D is one of only 6 found – Sept 4, 2020
- Vitamin D Receptor activation should reduce ARDS associated with COVID-19 - June 2020
- Dengue viral production decreased 1000X if activate Vitamin D Receptor (in lab) – July 2020
- Vitamin D, Quercetin, and Estradiol all increase vitamin D in cells and increase genes which reduce COVID-19 – May 21, 2020
- Quercetin and Vitamin D - Allies Against COVID-19
- Risk of enveloped virus infection is increased 50 percent if poor Vitamin D Receptor - meta-analysis Dec 2018
- Hand, foot, and Mouth disease is 14X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Oct 2019
- Treating herpes reduced incidence of senile dementia by 10 X (HSV1 reduces VDR by 8X) – 2018
- Severe hand, foot, and mouth virus is 2.9 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – Oct 2018
- Hepatitis B virus reduced by 5X the Vitamin D getting to liver cells in the lab – Oct 2018
- Some enveloped virus are 1.2 X more likely if have a poor Vitamin D Receptor -Aug 2018
- Severe Pertussis is 1.5 times more likely if poor vitamin D receptor – Feb 2016
- Dengue Fever associated with poor vitamin D receptor – July 2002
- Dengue virus 2X to 4X more likely if vitamin D receptor gene problems
Google Scholar search for "telogen effluvium" "vitamin d" 1150 hits as of Sept 2022
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with telogen effluvium: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2019?
( Gyoo Huh ) , ( Yeon Gu Choi ) , ( Hyeon Jeong Park ) , ( Junghwa Yang ) , ( Yunho Lee ) , ( Jung Yup Kim ) , ( Sunmin Yim ) , ( Heun Joo Lee ) , ( Young-jun Choi ) , ( Ga-young Lee ) , ( Won-serk Kim )
Background: Telogen effluvium (TE) is the most common cause of diffuse hair loss. TE tends to be related to external causes. However, the connection between vitamin D and TE has not been established
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with TE. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on TE and prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency/ deficiency before August 5, 2019 were performed searching EMBASE, Pubmed, and Cochrane library.
Results: In all, 7 studies including a total of 658 TE subjects were analysed. 6 studies including a total of 580 were subject to evaluation for vitamin D deficiency. The pooled prevalence of all studies was 0.3787 [95% confidence interval 0.1479-0.6426]. There was a significant heterogeneity (I2 = 97.6%). Subgroup analyses of studies using the cut-off value less than 12 ng/mL (k = 3, 0.2301 [0.1057-0.3837], I2 = 86.2%) and studies performed in the U.S (k = 4, 0.2881 [0.1634-0.4312], I2 = 88.4%) resulted in the decrease of heterogeneity.
Conclusion: Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the U.S was estimated 6%. Vitamin D deficiency in TE patients might be higher compared to general population in the U.S. Hence, vitamin D deficiency should be considered in TE patients. The limitation of this study is the small number of pooled studies, inconsistent definition of vitamin D deficiency between studies, and high heterogeneity
Vitamin D level and telogen hair loss: A Case control study - 2021 (11 ng vs 19 ng)
: Journal of the faculty of medicine Baghdad Vol. 63 No. 3 (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.32007/jfacmedbagdad.6331846
Taiceer A. Turkan
Jamal R. Al-Rawi Dept. Dermatology & Venereology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya UniversityBackground: Hair loss is a common skin condition. Hair is not a vital organ but losing it has a worse effect on the psychological state of the patient and may interrupt his daily social activities. Telogen effluvium founded to be the commonest noninflammatory cause to diffuse hair loss. Since nutritional disturbances are one of the triggering factors for it. It might be useful in the management of TE Due to the limited number of studies& little information is available on this subject possible role of vitamin D or its deficiency should be studied further.
Aim of the study: to determine the association between Telogen effluvium and vitamin D level.
Materials and methods: This is a case-control study performed in a period between December 2018 until June 2020; in Baghdad dermatology center at medical city. One hundred women who were seeking treatment for diffuse hair shedding and who hadn’t received treatment or supplements yet and One hundred fifty control subjects are chosen from patients who were referred to the dermatology clinic for the treatment of nevi and who are not pregnant or lactating, had no systemic or local scalp diseases are included in the study. Full History, physical examination performed for all cases including looking for cutaneous diseases, supplements & drug intake. Serum Vitamin D3 is measured using (Ichroma (TM), Boditech Med Inc., Korea).
Result: A total of 250 females were included in this study, 100 of them got telogen effluvium & 150 were patients who attend dermatology clinic seeking treatments for nevi or skin tag (control group) .The mean age of cases was (22.59 ±4.837 year) that wasn’t significantly different from mean age of control group (23.647±6.022 years) (p-value =0.127).
The mean level of Vitamin D was significantly lower than that of control group (11.16±4.49) Vs (18.98±10.65), P value <0.001. Vitamin D mean level in acute phase was significantly higher than that of chronic phase pts. (11.68±4.77 & 9.93 ±3.55 respectively), p value=0.04. Mean vit. D among symptomatic patients. (9.7 ± 3.5) was significantly lower than that among asymptomatic pts. (13±4.19) (p=0.001).No significant association were noticed between job & residence of the patients of both groups, (P-value =0.283 & 0.069 respectivelyConclusion: Age mean difference was not significant among cases and controls. Deficiency in vitamin D may assume a possible leading cause of telogen effluvium among women with hair loss. Cases were significantly associated with low level of Vitamin D3 than controls.Low level of vitamin D was dominant among housewives, urban women, and among symptomatic patients with acute duration.
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Telogen effluvium was most strongly associated with low Vitamin |D - Aug 2021
Telogen effluvium in daily practice: Patient characteristics, laboratory parameters, and treatment modalities of 3028 patients with telogen effluvium
Ahu Yorulmaz MD, Yildiz Hayran MD, Ahmet Kagan Ozdemir MD, Orhan Sen MD, Ilgaz Genc MD, Gunes Gur Aksoy MD, Basak Yalcin MD
First published: 27 August https://doi.org/10.1111/jocd.14413 publisher rents PDF for $15Telogen effluvium (TE) is a common form of non-scarring alopecia, characterized by excessive shedding of telogen club hairs.
Objectives
The aim of the present study was to investigate patient characteristics, laboratory parameters, and treatment strategies in TE.
Methods
Electronic records of 3028 patients were retrospectively analyzed. Demographic and clinical data, as well as serum parameters screening for iron, vitamin B12, vitamin D, folate and zinc deficiencies, thyroid function, and ANA titers, were evaluated.
Results
In the study group, the most frequently performed test type was serum ferritin level (82.3%), followed by complete blood count (81%), both of which revealed that 6.2% of the patients had iron deficiency anemia. 4.6% of the patients had thyroid dysfunction. In screened patients, vitamin and mineral deficiencies were as follows: vitamin D (72.2%, vitamin B12 (30.7%), folate (4.4%), and zinc (2.1%). Women were more likely to be prescribed vitamin D replacement therapy. Iron replacement was the most frequently ordered treatment, comprising 37.5% of total prescriptions.
ConclusionTo the best of our knowledge, this is the most comprehensive retrospective study having the largest number of patients with TE. Our results will not only help to augment knowledge about TE, but also provide a diagnostic algorithm for the laboratory and clinical workup of patients with TE.
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