The illness of the respiratory system — tuberculosis — spread by coughing and sneezing, astonishingly kills about 1.6 million people each year, even though it is curable. The death rate from the disease is the highest in the developing and underdeveloped countries, either because of negligence or inability to afford the medicines.
But, how many of you know that vitamin D was originally used for treating TB in sanatoriums, when antibiotics didn’t exist?
Seems to be cuing from this ancient usage, experts suggest a dose of vitamin D to ward off tuberculosis.
This would perhaps be comparatively affordable for the poor. And is also a good news for people who generally takes vitamin D dosages. The rate of TB cases is also astoundingly rising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Administering the vitamin as a cure for TB not just make it cheaper for the patients, but also easy for the doctors to convince them to take the dosages. Vitamin D is said to boost the body’s ability to inhibit bacteria growth that leads to the respiratory disease.
Though, no study has yet evaluated vitamin D’s effect on the body’s immunity to mycobacteria — the bacteria family of TB – it is sure to help reduce the disease’s risk in millions of people across the world.
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