Can Vitamin A Help Manage Measles? What We Know (and What We Don’t)

Vitamin A may reduce the risk of dying from measles, but it cannot prevent infection. Vaccination remains the best way to prevent measles.

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Steven Neal

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Published papers dont show if additional supplementation in children who are not deficient is helpful, says Edwards.

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But supplements will not prevent people from getting measles, Sudfeld says.

Can Vitamin A Help Manage Measles? What We Know (and What We Don’t)

Only vaccination does that.

He has interviewed doctors and pharmaceutical representatives in the U.S. and abroad.

Rauf lives in Seattle, Washington.

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