The Use of Vitamin D in the Complex Treatment of Children with Allergic Diseases and its Quantitative Dynamics in the Blood in Different Periods of the Disease

Abstract

Scientists nowadays suppose that one of the factors of allergic disease progression is insufficient level of vitamin D in human body. That is why our goal was to investigate the expedience of using the vitamin D medications in complex therapy of allergic diseases in different periods of disease. We identify the vitamin D level in blood serum of 53 children diagnosed with bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis. In all children we detected the vitamin D deficiency in blood serum, the average index of it was 22.54 nM/l. Treatment with vitamin D was carried out in 31 children at a dose of 2000 IU during the 2 months. No patient was able to reach the normal levels of vitamin D in blood serum, which is needed for human body activity, the average index of vitamin D was 36.54 nM/l. In period of vitamin D intake 13 children were in remission, the increase of vitamin D in them was 26.23 nM/l. The rest 18 children during the prescription of vitamin D had episodes of exacerbation, increase of this vitamin was 6.89 nM/l. It is noticed that the exacerbation of the disease were milder and less enduring than previous ones, when vitamin D is not included in the combined therapy.

Keywords

• vitamin D
• allergic diseases
• treatment