One vitamin can bring significant relief for patients with this terrible disease

Recently, an HSI member named Harvey wrote with this simple question… “Can lupus be cured?”

The short answer is, “No.” With one caveat.

Some drugs prompt drug-induced lupus. In most of these cases, lupus symptoms disappear when the patient stops taking the drug.

With other forms of lupus, there’s a Catch-22. And every lupus patient needs to know about this.

Lupus causes inflammation. Vitamin D calms inflammation. Unfortunately, the best source of D — direct sun exposure — aggravates lupus symptoms. That’s why doctors tell their lupus patients to stay out of the sun. So they end up lacking the vitamin they desperately need even more.

It’s no surprise that several studies have shown lupus patients to be D deficient.

So if you’re fighting lupus, you probably need generous vitamin D supplementation daily.

It’s not a cure. But it’s essential for care.

Sources:
“Vitamin D Supplements May Benefit Lupus Patients” Science Daily, 10/17/12, sciencedaily.com