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Well isn't this interesting?
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"...Many extra-pulmonary symptoms of COVID-19 strikingly resemble those of pellagra, vitamin B3 deficiency (e.g., diarrhoea, dermatitis, oral cavity and tongue manifestations, loss of smell and taste, mental confusion)..."
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COVID-19: Are We Facing Secondary Pellagra Which Cannot Simply Be Cured by Vitamin B3?
Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and ensuing inflammation pose a huge challenge to the host’s nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD[+] ) metabolism. Humans depend on vitamin B3 for biosynthesis of NAD[+] , indispensable for many metabolic and NAD[+] ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"...Many extra-pulmonary symptoms of COVID-19 strikingly resemble those of pellagra, vitamin B3 deficiency (e.g., diarrhoea, dermatitis, oral cavity and tongue manifestations, loss of smell and taste, mental confusion)..."
@haidut