Heidrun Wiesenmüller

Study on #Covid and #VitaminB (accepted paper)

Darand, M., Hassanizadeh, S., Martami, F., Shams-rad, S., Mirzaei, M., & Hosseinzadeh, M. (2022). The association between B vitamins and the risk of #COVID-19. British Journal of Nutrition, 1-26.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114522003075

"A higher intake of vitamin #B5 could reduce the odds of COVID-19 by 47%, and a moderate intake of vitamin #B12 had a protective effect on COVID-19. Although our study has promising results, stronger clinical studies are needed."

The association between B vitamins and the risk of COVID-19 | British Journal of Nutrition | Cambridge Core

The association between B vitamins and the risk of COVID-19

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Nov 19, 2022 at 9:21amWeb
Show threadSparrow/LizNov 19, 2022

@HWiesenmueller

This is interesting! I had been wondering about B5 from a #LongCovid angle, specifically wrt "Covid toes"

I found some WWII-era and earlier studies linking B5 deficiency with similar symptoms to COVID toes

Using names such as:
#Erythromelalgia tropicans
Ignipedites
Causalgesie/causalgia
Hot foot and hand disease
Nutritional melalgia

I'm wondering if perhaps Long COVID causes excess utilization of B5 🤔

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20253668/

The syndrome of burning feet (nutritional melalgia) as a manifestation of nutritional deficiency - PubMed

The syndrome of burning feet (nutritional melalgia) as a manifestation of nutritional deficiency

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Show threadHeidrun WiesenmüllerNov 19, 2022
@UntoNuggan
That it is indeed an interesting connection!