Vitamins and infectious diseases

Adding to the diet of vitamins A, vitamins B, C, and E will help improve the treatment results of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis. That is the new research result recently published by American scientists.

According to Dr. Eduardo Villamor, Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, USA), nutrients play an important role in predicting treatment outcomes for people with infectious diseases.

By monitoring 887 patients in the Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) area, Villamor and colleagues said that adequate supplementation of nutrients and vitamins can reduce complications and deaths during the treatment. Moreover, these micronutrients also help reduce the risk of treatment failure; while reducing the risk of recurrence by 45% after being cured.

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Although micronutrient supplementation does not alter the mortality rate or affect the treatment of HIV patients, it is clear that the immune system of patients supplemented with micronutrients is greatly enhanced. , partly reducing the penetration of infectious viruses.

The scientists also emphasized that: 'The results from this single study are not sufficient to make recommendations for patients. However, with this relatively inexpensive intervention therapy, it promises to provide a new potential treatment for people with infectious diseases'.