Low vitamin D in pregnancy linked to potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in black women

Low vitamin D in pregnancy linked to potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in black women Press Release MedicalXpress

• "In the MUSC trial of 387 healthy pregnant women of diverse ethnicity, black women with lower levels of vitamin D during pregnancy had more Megasphaera - a type of bacteria linked to bacterial vaginosis, which is a common dysbiosis or disorder in the vaginal canal. In contrast, white women with higher levels of vitamin D had more lactobacilli, a type of bacteria that promotes vaginal health"

Reporting on Relationship between vitamin D status and the vaginal microbiome during pregnancy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0343-8

4400 IU Vitamin D Randomized Controlled Trial

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Vitamin D has been found to change both human genes and bionomes

• 430 genes changed when 3,800 IU Vitamin D added in late second trimester – RCT May 2018

• 5839 genes changed during pregnancy (many genes were related to Vitamin D) – Oct 2016

• Gut and airway bionome are affected by Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptor – Nov 2018

  Probably there would be massive changes in vaginal bionome following antibiotics

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