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Nutrition, the digestive system and immunity in COVID-19 infection
The current review aimed to synthesize the literature on the complex relationship between food consumption and nutritional status as well as the digestive system in order to examine the relationship between immunity and potential responses to COVID-19 infection. The goal is to help inform the many h...
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Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682975/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33244375 |
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author | Bold, Justine Harris, Miranda Fellows, Lindsey Chouchane, Manal |
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description | The current review aimed to synthesize the literature on the complex relationship between food consumption and nutritional status as well as the digestive system in order to examine the relationship between immunity and potential responses to COVID-19 infection. The goal is to help inform the many healthcare professionals working with COVID-19 patients. A literature search was performed on PubMed, Scopus, and EMBASE databases. Hand searches were also undertaken using Google and reference lists to identify recent evidence. Studies were critically appraised, and the findings were analyzed by narrative synthesis. Nutritional status can impact immunity in several ways, including affecting susceptibility to infection, severity of disease, and recovery time, and is therefore a significant consideration in the management of COVID-19. COVID-19 can also impact digestive function, which can further impact nutritional status. The role of Vitamin D deficiency in vulnerability to severe respiratory infections, including COVID-19, has been recognized, and it may have a role in treatment where deficiency is indicated. Healthcare professionals should be aware that obesity may be accompanied by micronutrient malnutrition including vitamin D deficiency and alterations in the microbiome and inflammatory responses, which can further impact immunity and disease severity. Multidisciplinary team-work is recommended in the management of patients with COVID-19, and approaches should include a consideration of nutritional status (both macronutrients and micronutrients), body weight, and gastrointestinal signs and symptom. |
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spelling | pubmed-76829752020-11-25 Nutrition, the digestive system and immunity in COVID-19 infection Bold, Justine Harris, Miranda Fellows, Lindsey Chouchane, Manal Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench Review Article The current review aimed to synthesize the literature on the complex relationship between food consumption and nutritional status as well as the digestive system in order to examine the relationship between immunity and potential responses to COVID-19 infection. The goal is to help inform the many healthcare professionals working with COVID-19 patients. A literature search was performed on PubMed, Scopus, and EMBASE databases. Hand searches were also undertaken using Google and reference lists to identify recent evidence. Studies were critically appraised, and the findings were analyzed by narrative synthesis. Nutritional status can impact immunity in several ways, including affecting susceptibility to infection, severity of disease, and recovery time, and is therefore a significant consideration in the management of COVID-19. COVID-19 can also impact digestive function, which can further impact nutritional status. The role of Vitamin D deficiency in vulnerability to severe respiratory infections, including COVID-19, has been recognized, and it may have a role in treatment where deficiency is indicated. Healthcare professionals should be aware that obesity may be accompanied by micronutrient malnutrition including vitamin D deficiency and alterations in the microbiome and inflammatory responses, which can further impact immunity and disease severity. Multidisciplinary team-work is recommended in the management of patients with COVID-19, and approaches should include a consideration of nutritional status (both macronutrients and micronutrients), body weight, and gastrointestinal signs and symptom. Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7682975/ /pubmed/33244375 Text en ©2020 RIGLD, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Bold, Justine Harris, Miranda Fellows, Lindsey Chouchane, Manal Nutrition, the digestive system and immunity in COVID-19 infection |
title | Nutrition, the digestive system and immunity in COVID-19 infection |
title_full | Nutrition, the digestive system and immunity in COVID-19 infection |
title_fullStr | Nutrition, the digestive system and immunity in COVID-19 infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Nutrition, the digestive system and immunity in COVID-19 infection |
title_short | Nutrition, the digestive system and immunity in COVID-19 infection |
title_sort | nutrition, the digestive system and immunity in covid-19 infection |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682975/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33244375 |
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