Some of the benefits of adding Vitamin D after Spinal Card Injury
- Treats SCI if done quickly (a Vitamin D loading dose seems essential)
- People with SCI tend to be Shut-in and get less sunshine
- Reduces Pain,Fatigue, Depression
- I Helps increase strength
- Reduce risk of osteoporosis (very common in SCI)
- Reduce risk of pressure ulcers
- Reduce risk of. becoming obese
- Reduces bone loss resulting from spinal cord injury 2021, FREE PDF
10 most-visited pages in Spinal Cord Injury
- wiki page:
- Brain and Vitamin D - many studies
- Spinal cord injury - test Vitamin D bi-annually - 2022
- Spinal Cord Injured persons were 7.6 X more likely to get pneumonia if low vitamin D – Jan 2020
- Spinal Cord Injury treated by Vitamin D progesterone combination, etc. – review of trials – Aug 2019
- Deep vein blood clots 12X more frequent in SCI patients who did not get vitamin D supplements – Oct 2018
- Vitamin D weekly supplementation (Spinal Cord Injury athletes) increased handgrip strength – May 2018
- Spinal Cord Injury wheelchair athletes helped by 12 weeks of Vitamin D – Sept 2016
- Spinal cord injuries 2.8 X more likely to get worse in 1 year if low vitamin D – Jan 2018
- Spinal Cord injury outcome was better if got Vitamin D and progesterone within 4 hours – RCT 2016
- Spinal Surgery patients – almost all have low vitamin D – Nov 2016
- Both Spinal cord injury and stroke with one side disabled have similar low levels of vitamin D – April 2016
- Spinal cord injury in rats was reduced if vitamin D is given soon after the injury – June 2014
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- Spinal cord problems more likely if TBI if little Omega-3 in diet – June 2013
- Vitamin D repaired nerve in rat (50,000 IU daily dose equivalent for human) – June 2013
- Spinal cord injuries may need more vitamin D than others – June 2012
- Spinal Cord Injury patients normalized by 2,000 IU of vitamin D for 3 months – Sept 2011
- People with spinal cord injury also very vitamin D deficient – 2010
- 93% of Spinal cord injury patients were low on vitamin D March 2010
See also web
- Endocrinological and inflammatory markers in individuals with spinal cord injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Aug 2022 PDF Vitamin D is one of several SCI concerns
- Turmeric Heals Spinal Cord Injuries Better Than Drugs/Surgery, Review Suggests
Greenmedinfo June 2016, which has 200 Tumeric studies PDF - The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Pain, Mood, Depression, and Strength in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Sept 2016
- Spinal Card Injury Helped by 2,000 IU of Vitamin D RCT Oct 2016
Beck Depression Inventory, the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale, Brief Pain Inventory PDF - Osteoporosis after spinal cord injury 2006
"Osteoporosis is a known consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI) and occurs in almost every SCI patient"
If have SCI, need Vitamin D to reduce the risk of Osteoporosis. PDF from Sci-Hub via VitaminDWiki - Effectiveness of dietary supplements in spinal cord injury subjects April 2017
"Moderate-quality evidence supported a beneficial effect of vitamin D, alpha-lipoic acid, and omega-3 supplementation, . . "
Publisher want $36 for the PDF, but the references are free - Vitamin D deficiency in individuals with a spinal cord injury: a literature review. May 2017
"Overall, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency seems to be high (range: 32-93%) in this population compared with that in able-bodied persons.The main factors are immobility, low physical activity and bedrest, and therefore not enough exposure to sunlight. In addition, age, skin pigmentation, lesion level, occurrence of pressure ulcers, body mass index, season and latitude appeared to be further determinants for vitamin D deficiency. "
Download the nice PDF from VitaminDWiki - Effects of progesterone and vitamin D on outcome of patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury; a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study May 2016
"Those who received the therapy within 4 hours of injury, had significantly higher motor powers and sensory function 6 months after treatment in progesterone and vitamin D group"
Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki - BLOG: VITAMIN D AND SPINAL CORD INJURY Feb 2018
Need to get vitamin D within a week of spinal cord injury - nice chart
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