Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble essential nutrient with numerous health benefits that play crucial roles in various bodily functions....
Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world's top cardiologists, best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care.
Vitamin C is water-soluble and can be obtained from many fruits and vegetables, it is also an essential vitamin that the body is not able to produce, it has many roles and has been linked to some impressive health benefits.
For some of the population high dose vitamin C may be of benefit for treating COVID-19, investigators exploring its potential say key factors in the effectiveness include levels of the natural transporters that are needed to get the vitamin inside of the cells.u00a0
Flexible sensors that can be worn on the skin to sensitively track vitamin C levels have been developed by researchers at the University of California San Diego; these could be useful in helping people to maintain optimal vitamin C levels which is important for a healthy immune system and could be of particular use in those who are dealing with and/or recovering from an infections.u00a0
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Three U.S. Hospitals Use IVs of Vitamin C & Other Low-Cost, Readily Available Drugs To Cut The Death Rate Without Ventilators!
Article courtesy of: Betsy Ashton
March 30, 2020
If you can administer Vitamin C intravenously starting in the Emergency Room and every 6 hours thereafter, while in the hospital, the mortality rate of this disease and the need for mechanical ventilators will likely be greatly reduced, says Dr. Pierre Kory, the Medical Director of the Trauma and Life Support Center and Chief of the Critical Care Service at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He explains that it's the inflammation sparked by the Coronavirus, not the virus itself, that kills patients. Inflammation causes a condition called Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), which damages the lungs so that patients, suffering fever, fatigue, and the sense that their inner chest is on fire, eventually cannot breathe without the help of a ventilator.
New York Stateu2019s largest hospital system is giving high dose intravenous vitamin C treatments to COVID-19 patients based on reports from China of the approach helping patients there, according to the Post.u00a0
Pulmonologist and critical care specialists Dr. Andrew G. Weber, who is affiliated with two Northwell Health facilities on Long Island, is reporting that his COVID-19 intensive care patients are immediately receiving 1,500 mgs of vitamin C intravenously and are re-administered the exact amounts 3-4 times per day.u00a0
Confirming the reports from small independent studies and 3 clinical trials, a Shanghai hospital has announced a recommendation to use high dose intravenous treatment of vitamin C to treat COVID-19, according to the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service.
The announced official recommendation that COVID-19 should be treated with high doses of intravenous vitamin C come as welcomed news as the virus continues to spread. The dosage recommendation will vary with the severity of illness ranging from 50-200 milligrams per kilogram body weight per day to as much as 16,000 mg/kg/day.
*Note: "Using Vitamin C" was added to the title on April, 13, 2020.
A study published in the journal Nutrients suggests that administration of vitamin C may help to shorten the length of a patient being in the intensive care unit by on average 8%.
