Posted on 10/15/2020 5:38:38 PM PDT by amorphous
President Trump taking zinc (WSJ)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-ta...
Low zinc levels at clinical admission associates with poor outcomes in COVID-19, (11th October)
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.11...
Zinc balances immune responses and also has a proven direct antiviral action against some viruses.
Zinc deficiency (ZD) is a common condition in elderly and individuals with chronic diseases
Increased intracellular zinc concentrations efficiently impair replication
Resulting in a lower number of viruses
Retrospective analysis
Patients admitted in Barcelona
15th March to 30th April 2020
Clinical severity of COVID-19 and PMH assessed
Fasting plasma zinc levels measured routinely at admission
N = 611
Mean age, 63 years
Male 332, (55%)
Total mortality was 87 patients (14%) during study time
But
249 of 611 patients studied
Of the 249, 21 (8%) died
Baseline zinc levels
Died, (21 people) mean plasma zinc = 43 μg/dl
Survived, (228 people) mean plasma zinc = 63.1 μg/dl
Higher zinc levels, associated with lower maximum levels of interleukin-6 during the period of active infection
Zinc level lower than 50 μg/dl at admission, 2.3 times increased risk of in-hospital death
Compared with those of 50 μg/dl or higher
Lower zinc levels at admission correlate with higher inflammation in the course of infection and poorer outcome
Low plasma zinc levels at admission are associated with mortality in COVID-19 in our study
Further studies are needed to assess the therapeutic impact of this association
COVID-19: Poor outcomes in patients with zinc deficiency (International Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 2020)
Chennai, India
Prospective study of fasting zinc levels in COVID-19 patients at the time of hospitalization
Healthy controls median 105.8 μg/dl
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Zinc is a trace element with potent immunoregulatory and antiviral properties
Is utilized in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Patients with serious COVID-19 had significantly low zinc levels in comparison to healthy controls
Zinc deficient COVID patients developed more complications
Zinc deficient patients 70.4% developed complications
Non zinc deficient patients, 30.0% developed complications, (p = 0.009)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
More need of steroids
Increased mortality
Zinc deficient COVID patients had a prolonged hospital stay
Zinc deficient patients, 7.9 days
Non zinc deficient patients, 5.7 days, (p = 0.048)
In vitro studies
Reduced zinc levels increase SARS-CoV-2 virus receptor interactions
Increased zinc levels inhibit ACE2 expression
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Zin...
What zinc does
Catalytic activity of approximately 100 enzymes
Plays a role in immune function
Protein synthesis
Wound healing
DNA synthesis
Cell division
Normal growth and development, pregnancy, childhood, adolescence
Required for sense of taste and smell
Zinc and immunity
Severe zinc deficiency depresses immune function
Even mild to moderate degrees of zinc deficiency can impair macrophage and neutrophil functions, natural killer cell activity, and complement activity
Body requires zinc to develop and activate T-lymphocytes
Low zinc levels have shown reduced lymphocyte proliferation
…. that can be corrected by zinc supplementation
Low zinc status has been associated with increased susceptibility to pneumonia and other infections in children in developing countries and the elderly
Foods Oysters Sea food Beef Pork Baked beans Fortified cereals Pumpkin seeds Yogurt Cashew nuts Chickpeas Oats Almonds
Vitamin D and zinc can be made in bulk for essentially nothing
Sorry to hear that. I hope it’s (-). We’ve had two we know who passed last month from COVID. They were over the COVID, but they never recovered from the damage to their lungs.
No symptoms, don’t feel a damn thing.
My cousin and her husband both caught it recently. In his 80s, her husband was taking 50,000 IU once a week in a single dosage for some other ailment he had. He didn’t get that sick. The wife, about five years younger, died about three weeks after catching it.
Are you experiencing a loss of smell or taste? That’s pretty much a sure sign.
Nope, tasting and smelling just fine. 40% of + healthcare workers are asymptomatic.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/40-of-healthcare-workers-asymptomatic-when-testing-positive-for-covid-19-analysis-finds.html
You should research getting some copper in there.
About 1 mg copper for every 8 mg of zinc.
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Our youngest grandchild was recently down with a fever and throwing up after her family visited Dallas, but has tested negative for everything, probably just a stomach bug.
And the only way to know is a blood test.
BUMP
Thank you for posting :)
Maybe I’ll just find a zinc bed tomorrow night... /s
It was some of the best tasting water ever to a kid who played none stop under a hot summer sun. I didn't know it back then, but now that I think about it,
I'm certain zinc leaching into the water aided by a galvanic process with the aluminum dipper in slightly mineralized water improved the taste. It must have also added to my body's immunity because I rarely got sick.
How does this [zinc VS Covid] comport with “must-have HCQ” storyline...?
I take 5,000 D3 twice a day (so, 10,000 daily). I have for years.
HCQ is (among other things) a zinc ionophor. It moves zinc into the cells.
Most of us take zinc with quercitin, which is also a zinc ionophor.
Yes.
Perhaps some people naturally absorb more zinc into cells than others.
Perhaps adding a zinc ionophore may have improved things further...
Guess we will never know.
Good info about zinc in Campbell’s video linked above, if you haven’t watched it.
Vitamin K2 is the vitamin associated with getting the calcium into the right places. It is a fat-soluble vitamin. Found in butter from grass fed cows, eggs, hard cheeses some fermented foods.
Vitamin K1 is the one most associated with blood clotting, and is found in vegetables like spinach.
Source: Vitamin k2 and the Calcium Paradox-How a little known vitamin could save your life (an interesting book that I read):
From the Amazon description:
“The secret to avoiding calcium-related osteoporosis and atherosclerosis While millions of people take calcium and Vitamin D supplements thinking they’re helping their bones, the truth is, without the addition of Vitamin K2, such a health regimen could prove dangerous.
Without Vitamin K2, the body cannot direct calcium to the bones where it’s needed; instead, the calcium resides in soft tissue (like the arteries)—leading to a combination of osteoporosis and atherosclerosis, or the dreaded “calcium paradox.”
https://www.amazon.com/Vitamin-K2-Calcium-Paradox-Little-Known/dp/0062320041
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