Zinc Effects on Your Respiratory System
Apr 28, 2020
Zinc can have some pretty major effects on your respiratory system. Here’s what you really need to know.
DATA:
https://insight.jci.org/articles/view…
Timestamps
0:13 Zinc deficiencies— duration of lung infection
0:20 Zinc deficiencies—decreased T cell function
1:27 Zinc deficiencies—increased cytokines
2:05 Zinc deficiencies—increased risk of lung infections
2:10 Zinc deficiencies—COPD
2:19 Zinc deficiencies—Increased risk for ARDS, upper respiratory infections, and lower respiratory infections
2:33 Zinc deficiencies—Ventilator-induced injury
3:24 What to know about a zinc deficiency
Today we’re going to talk about the effects of zinc on your respiratory system. There is a significant connection between zinc, the immune system, and especially your lungs.
Potential situations that could occur if you’re deficient in zinc:
• Increased duration of lung infections
• Diminished T cell function
• Increased cytokines
• Increased risk of lung infections
• People with conditions like COPD are typically deficient in zinc
• Increased risk for ARDS, upper respiratory infections, and lower respiratory infections
• Increased susceptibility of the lungs to ventilator-induced injury
If you have a lung infection, your body is going to be using so much zinc that chances are you could become deficient. The infection itself can cause a depletion of zinc, and then you lose more of the ability to fight the infection.
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