Hepato-gastroenterology and Endemic Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2022 May 30;16(5):782-786. doi: 10.3855/jidc.14692.
A novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2]) that was initially reported from Wuhan, China in December 2019, was declared a pandemic by the WHO in March 2020. Considering the current COVID-19 pandemic, where there are no specific effective preventive or therapeutic drugs available, a healthy immune system is one of the most important tools that should be considered. Vitamins and minerals supplements have been well known to help the immune system in battling viral infections in general. Physicians worldwide are largely interested in vitamin and mineral supplements to help them battle COVID-19 whether through protection or treatment. Dietary supplementations especially vitamin D, vitamin C, and Zinc offer good prophylactic and therapeutic support to the currently available treatment regimens. They are relatively safe and were proven to aid recovery in other respiratory infections. Further studies should be encouraged especially those examining their role in prophylaxis from COVID-19 while maintaining current recommendations for social distancing and proper protective gear.
一种新型冠状病毒（严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2 [SARS-CoV-2]）最初于 2019 年 12 月在中国武汉报告，世界卫生组织于 2020 年 3 月宣布其为大流行。鉴于目前的 COVID-19 大流行，目前尚无特定有效的预防或治疗药物，健康的免疫系统是应考虑的最重要工具之一。维生素和矿物质补充剂通常被认为有助于免疫系统抵抗病毒感染。世界各地的医生都对维生素和矿物质补充剂很感兴趣，希望通过预防或治疗来帮助他们对抗 COVID-19。膳食补充剂，特别是维生素 D、维生素 C 和锌，为目前可用的治疗方案提供了良好的预防和治疗支持。它们相对安全，并已被证明有助于其他呼吸道感染的康复。应鼓励开展进一步的研究，特别是那些在保持社交距离和适当防护装备的同时，研究其在预防 COVID-19 方面作用的研究。
