People with inflammatory bowel disease have significantly low vitamin D levels. Published in magazine Medicine The greater the deficiency, the more severe the inflammation, the study suggests.
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) that occur when healthy tissue is attacked by the immune system. Although some patients with IBD experience only mild symptoms, the condition can lead to life-threatening complications. Scientists have long been investigating the link between vitamin D deficiency and IBD, but what is cause and effect remains unclear.
In the new study, researchers compared serum vitamin D levels of 92 patients with IBD and 14 healthy controls. Serum vitamin D levels in IBD patients were significantly lower (16 ± 8.6 ng/ml) than in healthy controls (26 ± 9.73 ng/ml). Almost one-third (32.6%) of IBD patients had severe vitamin D deficiency, and 66.3% had moderate deficiency. Vitamin D levels were normal in 35.7% of healthy people.
Additionally, the lower the vitamin D levels in people with IBD, the more severe the inflammation. This could mean that maintaining healthy vitamin D levels could potentially help treat patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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