People with severe burns, who have enough vitamin D in their blood, recover faster, according to the Internet edition for girls and women aged 14 to 35 Pannochka. net This is evidenced by the results of the study presented at the conference of the Society of Endocrinology in Harrogate (England).

This study is one of the first scientific papers devoted to the role of vitamin D in the healing of burns. The authors are sure that dietary supplements with this vitamin can become an inexpensive and harmless method of accelerating the healing of burns.

Despite the tremendous progress of recent years in the therapy of burns, many patients are still at risk of complications and are slowly recovering. The main reason for doctors' concern is infection and sepsis.

It is known that vitamin D has an antibacterial effect and participates in the functioning of the human immune system. Although his therapeutic potential needs further study, Professor Janet Lord of the Institute of Aging in Birmingham hopes to use it to heal burns and wounds.

A new means for regenerating wounds To understand the role of vitamin D in the recovery from burn injuries, Professor Lord and her colleague Khaled Al-Tarrah observed patients with burns of varying degrees for more than a year, comparing their progress with the concentration of vitamin in the blood.

The study showed that patients with a high vitamin D content have a more favorable prognosis in terms of healing burns, the risk of complications and scarring. It was also found out that, with a burn injury, vitamin D supplies are reduced.

"The introduction of vitamin D in the form of dietary supplements after ingestion with burns can be of significant benefit to patients, including increased antibacterial protection and accelerated tissue regeneration," say scientists..

The effectiveness of dietary supplements with vitamin D will have to be re-checked during clinical trials. Professor Lord and her team are now going to find out why patients with burns lose vitamin D and how to prevent it.

Interestingly, the degree of depletion of vitamin D stores does not depend on the severity of the burn, so hypovitaminosis can develop even after minor injuries.

While scientists are looking for an answer to these and other intriguing questions, doctors can recommend to their patients vitamin supplements.

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