Burns, ulcers, and wounds healed by Vitamin D

Burns, ulcers, and wounds healed by Vitamin D - many studies

Note: Vitamin D lotions/oils applied topically will probably provide much more benefit than oral Vitamin D

• Burns, ulcers, etc.

  • 16+ VitaminDWiki pages with BURN (not sunburn) in the title

  • 9+ VitaminDWiki pages with ULCER in the title

  • Studies in both Diabetes and Skin categories

  • Studies in both Trauma-Surgery and Skin categories

  • See also VitaminDWiki - Sunburn prevention and treatment

  • Burn length of stay in hospital vs. Vitamin D level - 18 vs 12 days - Dec 2023

  • More intense burns associated with lower Vitamin D (might low D cause more burn)– Sept 2020

  • Potential ways Vitamin D can help burns - April 2019

  • Burn Centers typically still do not test vitamin D levels- survey – March 2019

  • Burns with higher vitamin D have fewer problems - Feb 2019

  • Nearly all burn patients have low Vitamin D levels - May 2018

  • 50% fracture admissions occurred within 7 years of burn admission - Sept 2017

  • Burns with low vitamin D associated with more days in ICU and hospital – Jan 2017

  • Bone fractures after a burn - none if vitamin D, 6 if no vitamin D – RCT May 2015

  • Vitamin D status after a high dose of cholecalciferol in healthy and burn subjects

  • Quarterly Vitamin D injections (200,000 IU) helped muscles in burn patients - March 2015

  • Both vitamins D3 and D2 (100 IU/kg) provided some help to Critically Ill Pediatric Burn Patients - June 2015

  • 97% of pediatric burn patients had low vitamin D - Feb 2016

  • Pain 6 months after thermal burn and skin autography associated with low vitamin D and low Omega-3 - March 2018

  • Burned in factory explosion: 8X less likely to get infected if treated with Magnesium and Vitamins such as B12 - RCT Nov 2018

  • Vitamin D may improve wound healing in burns patients – Nov 2017

  • Diabetic foot ulcers helped by 50,000 IU weekly – RCT June 2016

• Wounds

  • 8+ VitaminDWiki pages with WOUND in the title

  • Diabetic foot ulcers healed 2X faster with 6,400 IU daily - RCT June 2021

    • Diabetic foot ulcers healed 2X faster with 6,800 IU daily - RCT Sept 2023

  • The Vitamin D Deficiency Epidemic (pulsating wound) Jan 2018

  • Vitamin D for Healing Wounds – Nov 2014

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