15 million in the US have 1 or more autoimmune diseases

Mayo Clinic

• 15 million have one or more of 105 autoimmune diseases.
• 65% of patients had one autoimmune disease.
• 24% of patients had two autoimmune diseases.
• etc.

Many of the top 20 autoimmune diseases are treated by high-dose Vitamin D

4.3% of people in the US have an autoimmune disease

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Some of the related pages in Vitamin D Life

• Autoimmune
• Gut-Friendly Vitamin D
• Gastrointestinal Health, Vitamin D, and VDR - May 2026
• Video by Dr. Coimbra – 95 % of autoimmune diseases cured with Vitamin D in high doses
  Dr. Coimbra's often repeated statement, no proof
• How Vitamin D Cures Autoimmune Disease - Video Dec 2025
• Autoimmune and high-dose vitamin D (Dr. Coimbra) - Dr. Mahtani video and transcript

Rehumanoid Arthritis

• Rehumanoid Arthritis: Best VDR activators are Curcumin and Omega-3
• Overview Rheumatoid Arthritis and vitamin D
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Autoimmune Rheumatologic Diseases and High-Dose Vitamin D

Psoriasis

• Psoriasis
• Psoriasis doubled in 30 years

T1 Diabetes

• Type 1 Diabetes might be prevented by vitamin D - Dec 2025
• Type 1 diabetes helped with 50,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks
• Type 1 Diabetes is prevented and treated by Vitamin D – review of 16 studies
• Type 1 diabetes trial having problems getting participants – too many taking Vitamin D or Omega-3
• Type 1 Diabetes association with poor Vitamin D Receptor: 39 studies

Graves Disease

• Graves Disease in Vitamin D Life

Multiple Sclerosis

• Multiple sclerosis (relapsing-remitting) decreases activation of Vitamin D Receptor by 6.6 X
• Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D Receptor Activators: Omega-3, Curcumin, Resveratrol, etc.
• Coimbra Protocol (using Vitamin D) is safe and effective for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune diseases

Crohn's Disease

• Crohn's and Vitamin D - many studies
• Crohn's disease associated with 7.6X deactivation of Vitamin D receptor
• Crohn’s disease helped when vitamin D level raised above 30 ng – RCT
• Crohn’s disease associated with vitamin D and latitude – meta-analysis

Lupus

• Lupus
• Lupus summary of Vitamin D Life by Perplexity AI - Feb 2026
• Every aspect of Lupus is associated with low Vitamin D
• Lupus patients are 5 X more likely to have low vitamin D – many meta-analyses
• Lupus 3.8 X more likely if a poor Vitamin D Receptor

Ulcerative Colitis

• Ulcerative Colitis and Vitamin D - many studies
• Ulcerative Colitis treated 4X better when Vitamin D was added – Meta-Analysis
• Ulcerative Colitis inflammation treated by weekly vitamin D (40,000 IU)
• Turmeric stopped Ulcerative Colitis – RCT
  Tumeric activates the Vitamin D Receptor

Celiac Disease

• Vitamin D interactions with poor gut (Celiac, IBD, and Bariatric surgery) – several studies

Vitiligo

• Vitiligo (spotty skin) and Vitamin D, UVB - many studies
• Vitiligo associated with low vitamin D (Note: Vit. D and UV has treated it for over a decade) – meta-analysis
• Vitiligo (spotty skin coloring) is 4 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis

Sjögren’s syndrome

• Sjögren’s syndrome (2nd most common rheumatic disease) and vitamin D - many studies