Vitamin D supplementation mitigates inflammation in eosinophilic esophagitis

Supplementation with vitamin D may alleviate allergic inflammation in the esophagus, whereas a deficiency in vitamin D may lead to a higher risk for eosinophilic esophagitis and other allergic states, according to a study published in Gut.Half of the population in the West is deficient in vitamin D, Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD, director of the division of allergy and immunology at the Center for Eosinophilic Diseases at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and a Healio Allergy/Asthma Peer Perspective Board Member, and colleagues wrote in the study.“We asked what regulatesRead More

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