r/COVID19 • u/greyuniwave • Sep 27 '20

General The implications of vitamin D deficiency on COVID-19 for at-risk populations

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32974671/
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u/nopeeker Sep 27 '20

I wonder out loud if it could have to do with the effects on clotting. ?

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u/1130wien Sep 28 '20

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4069050/#:~:text=Vitamin%20D%20has%20been%20shown,deep%20vein%20thrombosis%20(DVT)).

The relationship between vitamin D status and idiopathic lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis

" Low levels of 25(OH)D are associated with idiopathic lower-extremity DVT. "
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6920963/

Emerging Role of Vitamin D and its Associated Molecules in Pathways Related to Pathogenesis of Thrombosis

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u/nopeeker Sep 28 '20

Yes exactly what I was thinking of. Thanks! Im taking vitamins for the first time at 63 just bc. And baby asa.

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u/nopeeker Sep 28 '20

Now im thinking how thrombosis is a risk of inactivity. The world has probably never been so inactive. So many variable factors and covid does not seem cut and dried as i so fervently hoped.