A influência da vitamina D no tratamento da esclerose múltipla

Abstract

It is believed that the active form of vitamin D has immunomodulatory effects on immune cells, and their interactions have been the target of a growing number of publications in recent years. Considering the complexity of immune-related diseases, specifically Multiple Sclerosis and noting the growing interest in the studies of vitamin D, which showed a significant importance in association of vitamin D as a possible treatment or prevention for auto immune diseases, this study aimed to compare the symptoms among patients with Multiple Sclerosis, or who do not use daily supplemental vitamin D. As a result, improvement was observed in 11 of 22 symptoms reported by patients with the disease, in other words, more than half of the symptoms showed positive results with supplementation of vitamin D daily, which reaffirmed the relevance to studies related to this vitamin.