Vitamin D and Herpes
Here you can read about vitamin D and herpes – precisely, you can find out how vitamin D can help in treating or preventing herpes. We know that herpes is a common problem. Vitamin D is important for your body, especially for your immune system.
You can get your vitamin D daily dose through foods high in vitamin D, but sometimes this is just not sufficient. That is why some people need to take vitamin D supplements, in order to keep the body functioning well, preserve their health and prevent vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency is a serious problem that can lead to severe consequences.
How Does Vitamin D Affect Herpes?
As we said, vitamin D is crucial for your immune system. It can help in preventing multiple sclerosis, cancer, and many other illnesses. Herpes is related to immune system weakening. It usually occurs when someone’s immune system gets weakened. Therefore, if you want to prevent and fight herpes, you need to take care of your immune system. Maintaining normal vitamin D levels is extremely important for your immunity, and your immune system is extremely important for preventing and fighting all kinds of herpes, including genital herpes, too.
Your vitamin D daily needs highly depend on your overall health. People with vitamin D deficiency need more vitamin D and they have to take vitamin D supplements. Sometimes their doses seem extremely high. However, vitamin D daily dose is determined by taking blood tests and other analysis. One should never take vitamin D supplements without his doctor’s instructions.
If you have genital herpes (or any other type of herpes), you need to eat foods rich in vitamin D. You should expose your skin to sun rays regularly in order to help vitamin D production.
If your immune system is very weak, you should see your doctor and determine the cause. Your doctor will prescribe the right dose of vitamins for you.
February 16th, 2011 at 12:12 am
honestly, you think a dr is going to give you guidance about taking a vitamin for herpes? It took me 5 years just to get a dr to diagnose me correctly. I’ve also been repeatedly told I couldn’t control my own outbreaks. Yeah, well it’s been 5 years. I may still have it in my system, but gone are the 2-3 outbreaks a month. I haven’t had an outbreak in 5 years. Vit D, and lysine…and avoiding nuts and sun exposure works. I’m proof….as are a few friends who follow the same regime.
Dr’s are very poorly informed about herpes.
February 17th, 2011 at 6:19 am
This is exactly why meditation techniques are very important to learn. We can then meditate whenever we get the urge and therefore be prevented from ending up with the virus.
February 19th, 2011 at 5:59 am
My wife is 28 yrs old and in great shape but had an outbreak recently. She is a bit stressed from her job though. Can stress cause an outbreak?
April 2nd, 2011 at 11:25 am
I began taking Vitamin D 2000 I.U. daily since last fall and I have not had even one recurrent outbreak. I am convinced it has been the Vitamin D. I always would break out during stress and this has not happened. Why take a pharmaceutical if you don’t have to. Get your levels checked and take a supplement.
Yes…stress plays a very real role in outbreaks, Richie.