Investigating vitamin D status following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and its relationship with long coronavirus disease

• Published in: Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis 2024-04, Vol.73 (2), p.126-131
• Main Authors: Kaddah, Safy Zahed, Mousa, Heba Allah, Elhalafawy, Mariam Yasser, Ashraf, Hala, Osman, Mahmoud, Bayoumi, Aml Ibrahim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: covid; 19; long covid; 19; sars; cov; 2; vitamin d (25ohd)
• ISSN: 0422-7638; 2090-9950
• DOI: 10.4103/ecdt.ecdt_30_23

Objective Health-care systems are facing a brand new difficulty as a result of post-COVID-19 syndrome. The relationship between long COVID and vitamin d.(25OHD levels was not extensively studied. Also, to our knowledge, no study evaluated vit d.(25OHD) levels and their relation to long COVID in the long-term period [3–6 months) after COVID infection. This study aims to evaluate vit d.(25OHD) levels post-COVID-19 infection and its relation to persistent symptoms in long-term COVID. Patients and methods A cross-sectional, single-center study involving 84 patients who were recruited during the period from December 2021 to May 2022, during the previous 6 months after the COVID-19 sickness. Complete history, clinical examination, and laboratory analysis [C-reactive protein, D-dimer, total leukocyte count, lymphocyte count. Serum vit d.(25OHD), and HRCT chest were performed. Results Of the patients, 44% had insufficient levels [20–30 ng/dL), 36% had deficient vitamin D levels [