Vitamin D and Asthma
Asthma is a lifelong lung disease that makes it difficult to move air in and out of your lungs. You can have an asthma attack if you are exposed to allergens, smoke, extreme air temperatures and air pollution, or if you get sick or develop a respiratory infection.
The death rate for children under 19 years of age has increased by 80% percent since 1980. More females die of asthma than males, with women accounting for 65% of all asthma deaths. Dark skinned people are three times more likely to die from asthma than Caucasians.
The evidence that vitamin D will help childhood asthma is stronger than for adult asthma, but both adult and childhood asthmatics should take adequate daily doses of vitamin D. Children often respond in several months, but it may take several years for adult asthmatics to respond. It is important to continue supplementing with vitamin D on an ongoing basis; if you stop, your vitamin D levels will fall, and your asthma may flare up.
When one examines studies using adequate doses, they find vitamin D not only improves asthma symptoms, but also reduces the risk of colds and flu. Your Vitamin D should be 150-200nmol/L for adequate results.
