Coronavirus, a study by the University of Turin: 

Taking more vitamin D to reduce the risk of infection. The first data collected in these days indicate that hospitalized patients have a high prevalence of Hypovitaminosis D. by Jacopo Ricca

Scientists from the University of Turin recommend taking vitamin D to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The study of the professors of Geriatria, Giancarlo Isaia, and Histology, Enzo Medico, submitted to the members of the Academy of Medicine of Turin who considered the first results to be "fascinating." The document analyzes possible causes for the contagion from Covid-19 and proposes vitamin D not as a cure, but as a tool to reduce risk factors.

The first preliminary data collected in these days in Turin indicates that patients hospitalized for Covid-19 have a high prevalence of Hypovitaminosis D.

"The compensation for this widespread vitamin deficiency can be achieved primarily by exposing it to sunlight as far as possible, even on balconies and terraces, feeding on foods rich in vitamin D and, under medical supervision, taking specific pharmaceutical preparations, "say the researchers.

The analysis also carried out the following. 

The recent recommendations of the British Dietetic Association, investigated the role that the lack of Vitamin D could play, which in Italy affects much of the population, especially the elderly, in this pandemic. In the document, the authors suggest to doctors, in association with the well-known general prevention measures, to ensure adequate levels of Vitamin D in the population. "Especially those already infected, and their relatives, in healthcare personnel, in frail elderly people, in the guests of the welfare residences, in people in a cloistered regime and in all those who for various reasons do not expose themselves adequately to sunlight. "AThe function of the active form of Vitamin D, Calcitriol, intravenously in patients with coronavirus and with particularly impaired respiratory the service could also be considered to deal with the virus.

"These indications derive from numerous scientific pieces of evidence - the professors write. - Those who show an active role of Vitamin D on the modulation of the immune system. The frequent association of Hypovitaminosis D with numerous chronic pathologies that can reduce life expectancy in elderly people, even more in the case of Covid-19 infection, an effect of Vitamin D in reducing the risk of respiratory diseases of viral origin, including those caused by coronaviruses and the ability of vitamin D to counteract lung damage caused by hyper inflammation."