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Vitamin D, Zinc and Iron in Adult Patients with Covid-19 and Their Action in The Immune Response as Biomarkers: A Case Report

Eliza Miranda Ramos
* ,
Emerson Luiz Lima Araújo
,
Igor Domingos de Souza
,
Gilberto Gonçalves Facco
,
Antônio Carlos de Abreu
,
Pamella Aline Miranda Teodoro
,
Alessandro Carvalho da Fonseca
,
Ernani Mendes da Fonseca Junior
,
Iara Barbosa Ramos
,
Valter Aragão Do Nascimento
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Version 1 : Received: 17 May 2021 / Approved: 18 May 2021 / Online: 18 May 2021 (10:34:15 CEST)

How to cite: Ramos, E.M.; Araújo, E.L.L.; de Souza, I.D.; Facco, G.G.; de Abreu, A.C.; Teodoro, P.A.M.; da Fonseca, A.C.; da Fonseca Junior, E.M.; Ramos, I.B.; Do Nascimento, V.A. Vitamin D, Zinc and Iron in Adult Patients with Covid-19 and Their Action in The Immune Response as Biomarkers: A Case Report. Preprints 2021, 2021050413. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0413.v1 Ramos, E.M.; Araújo, E.L.L.; de Souza, I.D.; Facco, G.G.; de Abreu, A.C.; Teodoro, P.A.M.; da Fonseca, A.C.; da Fonseca Junior, E.M.; Ramos, I.B.; Do Nascimento, V.A. Vitamin D, Zinc and Iron in Adult Patients with Covid-19 and Their Action in The Immune Response as Biomarkers: A Case Report. Preprints 2021, 2021050413. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0413.v1

Abstract

Abstract: COVID-19 in 2020 brought challenges to the Brazilian public health system with an emerging virus with respiratory contagion called SARS-CoV-2. There are few studies in Brazil and in some countries, on the increased incidence of certain viral respiratory infections, includ-ing H1N1 and coronavirus and their association with low levels of vitamin D, zinc and iron. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that the deficit of vitamin D, zinc and iron has an impact on the infectious process of patients with COVID-19 and to establish new forms of prevention for the worsening of COVID-19 in the human body. Data were collected from medical records and test results from patients being followed up during the treatment period for COVID-19. Patients with low blood levels of vitamin D, zinc and iron during the treatment period of COVID-19 had a higher percentage of worsening and complications requiring hospitalization in intensive care beds. The ingestion of vitamin D, zinc and iron in the treatment period of patients with COVID-19 in addition to being an immunological protector against SARS-CoV-2 and alleviating the process of worsening the disease can also act as a biomarker in cases of this disease.

Keywords

Zinc; vitamin D; iron; Gripes; COVID-19; Anemia

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Immunology and Allergy

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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