This page contains nearly all I have written about the rapidly spreading COVID-19. My Public Health undergraduate study and clinical experience in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine have given me the tools to understand the pandemic’s significance for each patient and the world community. All the articles are based on medical journals. I hope you…
This article is a repost from March 31, 2020. Now that we know that neutralizing antibodies against COVID-19 are only effective for a few months, it is essential to strengthening the immune system. High doses of Vitamin C are being used in the current COVID-19 pandemic in China and New York. This article looks into several…
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is responsible for causing Covid-19 that has infected more than 1.3 million and killed almost 74 thousand people all over the world. For easier reading, I will use SARS-2 in place of SARS-CoV-2 in some parts of the article. Lancet recently published a study about long can SARS-CoV-2 viruses survive in…
Covid-19 and ARDS A common complication seen in Covid-19 patients is the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome or ARDS. In ARDS, the lungs become filled with fluid. The congested lungs cannot expand and allow air to come in for gas exchange. This results in a life-threatening low oxygen level in the body. ARDS comes to the point that…
It happened late this afternoon. The U.S. overtook China as having the most cases of Covid-19 in the whole world, as shown in the Johns Hopkins University table below. At first glance, it is scary because it looks like the epidemic is spreading like a raging wildfire. However, there is a silver lining. Most of…
Many are familiar that Covid-19 leads to severe pneumonia. A new study that came out today from the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that heart damage also occurs in patients with Covid-19. Cardiac injury in Covid-19 presents with more severe illness. Their blood work shows signs of more significant systemic inflammation, and chest x-rays and CT…
There is a surprising similarity between NBA player Rudy Gobert and Member of the UK Parliament and Health Minister, Nadine Dorries. Both lost their senses of smell and taste at the beginning of their Covid-19 illness. The complete loss of smell is called anosmia. If the damage is partial, it is called hyposmia. Lastly, the…
The pandemic gets worse each day. Protect yourself and your loved ones. This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright. Click on the titles to go to the full report. Click on…
Covid19 has infected more than 300 thousand people and led to more than 14 thousand deaths worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins CSSE. The number of cases increases worryingly every day. There are no vaccines and specific treatments yet, but promising candidates are. Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin on Covid-19 A small study that is not yet peer-reviewed…
The pandemic gets worse each day. Protect yourself and your loved ones. This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright. Click on the titles to go to the full report. Click on…
A virus’s ability to float in the air and survive on a surface for several hours can determine how infective they are. A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) called Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 compared with SARS-CoV-1 described and compared how long the SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 viruses can stay…
Before this report, we knew that the elderly and people with chronic medical problems have the highest risk of severe illness and death from Covid-19. That information came from the Chinese experience. That knowledge is critical in preparing the world on what to expect once the epidemic reaches them. Not all countries are the…
Tip: The epidemic is forecasted to last months. Is it a good time to start vegetable gardening? This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright. Click on the titles to go to the…
When I was in the Philippines in February, I had an upper respiratory infection. I don’t usually get sick, but I guess my body is not immune to the viruses there. At that time, there were only 3 cases of Covid-19, and they were far from me. Two are imported from China, and one…
TIP for the day: Trim your nose hairs to minimize nasal irritation. That will lessen the chance of touching your face. This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright. Click on the titles…
Elderberry (Sambucus Nigra) is an over the counter nutritional supplement that is used when someone has a cold. Many studies support that elderberry is useful for the flu. Elderberry for influenza Prevents the multiplication of the influenza virus [1], [3] Elderberry increases the body’s ability to fight infection by an increase in the production of…
TIP for the day: When going out to buy anything, keep the receipt. It has a date and time on it. That way if your local health department announces a positive case in that area at the time you are there, you will know if you are exposed and need to be tested. This…
In the movie I am Legend, Will Smith’s character uses his blood to create a cure for a viral disease that killed 90% of the people and turned the rest into cannibalistic mutants. That’s not only in the movies. During a viral illness like Covid-19, the immune-competent can develop their own antibodies to kill the…
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The recommendation to wear a mask hinges on whether someone has symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection. The CDC does not recommend wearing a mask if you do not have symptoms or asymptomatic. What defines asymptomatic? The development of symptoms in diseases are gradual. Often a change in one’s condition is usually blamed for…
