Recovery From COVID-19

Most people get COVID-19 mild or asymptomatic. A smaller number of diseases occur in moderate and severe form. Unfortunately, all patients, regardless of the severity of the disease, suffer from the consequences of the coronavirus. Each of them requires a rehabilitation period, depending on the course of the transferred COVID-19:

• Mild or asymptomatic. The recovery process after a mild form of coronavirus can take from 2 weeks to 2 months.
• Moderate flow. After a mild case of COVID-19 when a person is admitted to the hospital, patients may experience health problems for up to three months after illness.
• Severe form. Those who have recovered from COVID-19 in a severe form, even six months after the illness, still continue to suffer from the consequences of a coronavirus infection.

The most common manifestation of a new coronavirus infection is bilateral pneumonia. But it's not just the lungs that suffer. Covid-19 affects not only the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems, but also the stomach, intestines, large and small intestines, myocardial vessels, kidneys and brain.

More than half of patients suffer from neurological disorders after the disease: chronic fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, depressed psycho-emotional state, depression. Many people report problems with memory and concentration.

Psychosomatic disorders are caused by impaired lung function, which are unable to provide the cerebral cortex with oxygen to the full extent. There are also many complaints about the loss of orientation in time and space. People after suffering COVID-19 may suffer from panic attacks for a long time, also due to brain hypoxia. Oxygen deficiency has a negative effect on brain cells.

Kidney function deteriorates. Those in whom the disease proceeded in a particularly severe form note disturbances in the functioning of the lungs, accompanied by a deterioration in breathing. Post-COVID-19 symptoms also include muscle weakness, joint pain, and hair loss.

The main principle of rehabilitation after COVID-19 is the elimination of remnants of systemic inflammation and the restoration of organ blood flow with the normalization of oxygen delivery.

Cope with the consequences of the disease will help a comprehensive recovery program after COVID-19, which includes the following basics:

1. To avoid complications, take your doctor's recommendations seriously. Monitor blood pressure and pulse.
2. Do breathing exercises. With COVID-19, it is different from gymnastics for other pneumonias. It must be performed for a long time - one to two months, even when it seems that you are completely healthy.
3. Do a light set of exercises to support the body, devoting more time to the muscles of the back, chest, shoulder girdle, upper limbs.

1. Give up bad habits. Smoking and alcohol contribute to increased thrombosis, which is one of the causes of complications - heart attack and stroke.
2. Food. Remove simple carbohydrates, starchy foods and sugars, all foods that can provoke inflammation and excite your digestive tract.
3. Useful walks in the fresh air with a gradual increase in the pace of walking and distance. Walking in the forest has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiviral effects.
4. The return to normal activities is gradual. This is especially true for sports activities. Even with good health in the first two or three weeks, you can not immediately return to the previous sports regimen. If there is a high tachycardia, a slow recovery of the pulse after exercise, the appearance of shortness of breath - consult a doctor.
5. Get better sleep and deal with stress.

   During sleep, the hormone melatonin is produced, a hormone known to have anti-inflammatory, immunoregulatory and antioxidant properties, counteract chronic sleep disorders and help with diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.

   Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina prepared a review gathering evidence that melatonin can reduce the severity of COVID-19 and possibly inhibit coronavirus infection.

    

   The COVID-19 virus spreads in the body through the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor. The spike glycoprotein on the surface of the virus docks with ACE2, enters the host cell, and begins to multiply there.

   The authors note that melatonin effectively binds and inhibits the formation of calmodulin, a protein that regulates the surface expression of ACE2. In addition, melatonin reduces the amount of pro-inflammatory cytokines that are associated with severe COVID-19 disease, and also has an anti-inflammatory effect through sirtuin-1, a protein that suppresses macrophage polarization.

   In addition to reducing inflammation and lowering cytokine levels, melatonin has antioxidant properties, as it participates in the elimination of free radicals - it is metabolized to compounds with high activity and triggers the synthesis of antioxidant enzymes.

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   Melatonin also provides neuroprotection. Some patients with COVID-19 are known to experience symptoms associated with viral activity in the brain, such as loss of smell, paralysis, stroke, delirium, meningitis, seizures, and encephalopathy. As a neuroprotective agent, melatonin helps prevent many of the neurological effects of COVID-19.

   Do not neglect calming teas and herbal preparations that have a slight therapeutic effect. In nature, there is a fairly large array of funds that can help us recover, the doctor noted.

6. Nutraceuticals
   • Vitamin C 500-1000 mg, quercetin (vitamin P).

     Recent studies have shown that the combined use of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and quercetin (vitamin P) enhances the antiviral and immunomodulatory properties of these substances, increasing the effectiveness of each other.

     Vitamin C is now well known to have antiviral properties. It supports lymphocyte activity, increases interferon-α production, modulates cytokine, reduces inflammation, improves and restores endothelial and mitochondrial function. It plays a critical role in the stress response and has shown promising results in the prevention and treatment of coronavirus patients.

      

     Quercetin is also a well-known flavonoid whose antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties have been shown in numerous studies. This substance can influence several stages of pathogen virulence - virus entry, virus replication, protein assembly.

   • Zinc 15-30 mg (chelate form, picolinate).

     Zinc plays a leading role in the production of proteins and DNA, restores muscles, helps to feel all the shades of tastes and smells, heals wounds, improves digestion, has a positive effect on hormonal levels and helps the immune system fight viruses.

   • Vitamin D 5000-10000 mg.

     Vitamin D is a unique adaptive immunomodulator that not only strengthens cellular immunity, but also reduces the level of “cytokine storm” (the release of various inflammatory markers) characteristic of COVID-19 and its consequences.

     We recommend vitamin D3 spray LYLsunD3 from the European brand LYL Love Your Life - a microemulsion that allows you to quickly increase vitamin D3 levels by an average of 132% according to independent clinical studies. Vitamin is absorbed directly through the mucous membrane, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract.

     Studies confirm that after 16 hours, 53% of vitamin D3 in the form of a LYLmicrotm spray is absorbed in the body, which is 2 or more times higher than other forms (tablets, capsules, drops).

      

      

     The compact convenient bottle is easy to take with you, the microemulsion is natural and does not contain sugar.

   • NAC (ACC) 600-900 mg.
   • Omega-3 2000 mg or krill oil 1200 mg.

     Omega 3 helps to improve the function of the vascular endothelium, restores damaged cell membranes, and reduces blood clotting. Also, polyunsaturated fatty acids are necessary for the elimination of CNS damage, accompanied by a decrease in the level of intellectual function and cognitive disorders.

     Krill oil occupies a special place among the variety of Omega-3s. The fundamental difference between krill oil and fish oil is that Omega-3 acids are presented in an easily digestible form of phospholipids. Omega-3 fatty acids included in krill oil are used by 98%, while fatty acids from fish oil, due to their different structure, are available to cells in much lower concentrations and are more prone to the formation of fat and energy reserves in the body.

      

     We recommend omega-3 in the form of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) oil from the European brand LYL Love Your Life, a unique natural product produced using a special technology certified by WWF.

   • Means for the prevention of thrombosis. Mandatory for patients older than 45-50 years, in other situations - according to indications.
   • Drugs for the correction of metabolism. Coronavirus infection provokes serious violations in the work of internal organs. To normalize the condition, only drug treatment at home or intensive therapy in a hospital setting is not enough. Rehabilitation should begin as early as possible.