To Whom It May Concern
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This is a daily update from one of my fellow Buetian friend (living in USA) about his wife and himself. I'm sharing this because there are very important information to fight with this virus.
COVID-19: Some Questions and Answers
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1)Why should I need Antibiotics to fight a virus?
Answer: You need antibiotics not to fight against virus, you need antibiotics to stop secondary infections. Secondary infections happen after your lungs is devastated by virus. Some other bacteria and pathogens cause more infections. If this is escalated, it can cause a sepsis, which in turn might induce ARDS(Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
2) Why some people die in 3/4 days after COVID-19 infection?
Answer: you can die very early with COVID-19 infection if you have an overreactive Antibody system.. Your overreactive defense system can induce a Cytokine Storm and start killing your healthy lungs cell thinking they are the invaders. Some extremely healthy looking individual might have such response. So having an athletic body is no guarantee that you can survive COVID-19
3) Why most of the people who undergo ventilators end up dying?
Patients who need ventilators have already passed the level of normal lungs function. By the time they go for ventilators, their alveoli in lungs are saturated with body fluids that leak from blood serum. So ventilators are their last chance of survival.
4) If I eat up the cough, virus will not enter my lungs or body and get killed by my stomach acid. Is it true?
Answer: This is wrong. Corona virus uses two receptors, ACE2 and TMPRSS2 to bind its spikes and enter your body cell.
ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are present in your mouth, upper palate of your mouth, your throat, your epithelial lining of stomach, small and large intestines. So this virus can go inside your body in multiple ways.
Sometimes it goes via intestine and cause GI (Gastro Intestinal ) issues. The COVID-19 patients with GI symptoms are the most deadliest patients and take the longest time to cure.
4) We heard that Corona virus can stay 24 hour in paper, 3/4 days in plastic or metals. Is it true ?
Answer: There are no consistent research or findings in it. In Diamond Princess Ship, corona Virus’ RNA was found 17 days after passengers left. This directly contradicts 24 hour or 3/4 days theory of metal or plastic.
WHO is still clueless on what should be the social distance – it shifted its strategy from 3 feet to 6 feet and very lately telling that the virus can, when aerosolized, can float in the air at 13 feet from original point!
The fact is : Nobody has 100% knowledge about this virus.
5) If I get infected once, will I develop antibody?
Answer: There is no guarantee. You might develop antibody for certain strain , but can get infected with the next strain. Corona Virus is a RNA Virus like HIV. It has more dynamic genotype. It can easily mutate and make the vaccine ineffective. RNA Virus are difficult to vaccinate.
6) Will kalijira and honey protect from COVID-19 or heal it ?
Answer: There is no scientific basis to it. It’s people belief.
7) Corona virus can survive higher temperature than hot water. Why then hot water should help heal COVID-19?
Answer: Hot water will not kill the virus. It will expand your lungs and will increase lungs utilization to provide you more lungs area, more oxygenation, reduce your shortness of breath and reduce the probability of developing ARDS.
8)) Why some people lose taste or smell in COVID-19?
Answer: You smell using the outer layer cell of inside your nostrils. You taste using your taste buds. Massive COVID-19 infections cause corona virus to attack those cells. They lose their normal operations and you lose smelling and tasting power.
9) How do I know I have COVID-19?
If you have ANY one or many of these symptoms [ Especially, in this pandemic situation]
1) Mild fever for few days
2) Mild fever and dry cough
3) Mild fever and itching in throats
4) diarrhea and light fever
5) vomiting and light fever
6) tingling sensation at your back and limbs
7) body aches, light fever
8)) Tight chest and fever . Shortness of breath.
9) Arrhythmia in hearts, bluish face
10) loose motion and light fever
11) you have a strange light fever of exactly 100.4 F
12) you have a fever of > 100
13) Your fever comes and goes and you are lately sweating
14) You have huge body pain in joints and limbs
15) you have back pain
16) you are having abdominal pain
17) you have a burning sensation at your back and other body parts
[ Some of my FB friends who are professional doctors, have mentioned that they read my posts and it helped them in their diagnosis of patients – I am extremely humbled by such kind statement! Some information I learnt from my doctor friends as well . I was admitted into SMC Dhaka and then withdrew and came to Engineering.
Currently, I am treating my 14 year Old Autistic and ADHD child using anti-psychotic medications in collaboration with his Neuro Psychiatrist, A fellow from Cambridge, DR Ricardo Espaillet of Rega Medical Center, Coral Springs, FL. Since I can’t legally write prescriptions for my child, I need his permission and he has full confidence in my observation 😊]
