Vitamin D For Warts
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Diagnostic and therapeutic implications of vitamin D deficiency in patients with warts: A case-controlled study
, Department of Dermatology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt Search for more papers by this author Department of Dermatology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt Search for more papers by this author Department of Clinical pathology and Immunology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt Search for more papers by this author Department of Dermatology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt Search for more papers by this author Corresponding Author Department of Dermatology, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt Correspondence Mohamed L. Elsaie, MD, Nasr city 11371; Cairo, Egypt. Email: Egydoc77@yahoo.com Search for more papers by this author
First published: 15 April 2021
Funding information:
No funding.
Abstract
Background
Cutaneous warts are frequent conditions that possess much challenge to treat.
Objective
To verify the potential role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis of viral warts by measuring the serum levels of vitamin D in patients diagnosed with viral warts compared to healthy controls and to verify whether oral vitamin D supplementation of those vitamin D-deficient patients would result in wart clearance.
Methods
To evaluate the serum vitamin D levels, the study recruited 80 subjects, including 40 patients diagnosed with viral warts and 40 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. All patients were subjected to detailed history taking and examination to detect duration and type of warts. Serum vitamin D levels were measured using ELISA.
Results
Thirty-five percent of patients had sufficient vitamin D levels (54–90 nmol/L), and 40% of patients had insufficient levels (50–80 nmol/L), while 25% of them had deficient levels (<50 nmol/L). In healthy group, 30% had sufficient levels, and 45% had insufficient levels, while 25% had deficient levels. There was an insignificantly lower serum level of vitamin D as well as an insignificantly deficient vitamin D status among patients compared to healthy controls.
Conclusion
Vitamin D serum levels appear to be lower among viral wart patients, and oral supplementation studies need to be more intensely investigated before elucidating its role; if any, in wart clearance.
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DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
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Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jocd.14156
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