Zika birth defects may be prevented by Vitamin D – May 2016

 
 
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, Zoster, Epstein, Hepatitis, RSV) – 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

? = 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 at 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 Vitamin D Life 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)

Recently changed Virus pages on Vitamin D Life

See also web

• How to significantly reduce your risk of contracting the Zika virus main Zika page in Vitamin D Life
• 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 Vitamin D Life

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