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My Experiments with Corona And The 7 days Recovery Plan ( Revised Edition) April, 2021 By Avanindra Singh, IAS 1 Disclaimer 1. This PPT does not intend to substitute the supervision and advice from a qualified doctor. 2. Though this is based on personal experience of many persons, proposed protocol is yet to be established on a large evidential empirical data. 3. Principles used in the protocol are based on Naturopathy, Ayurveda and Allopathy. 2 How is 2 nd wave different ? 1. Present mutant strains of Covid19 are more virulent i.e. infection spread rate is very high. 2. Children are also getting affected severely. 3. New variants are not being detected by Rapid Antigen Test(RAT) and RT PCR test sometimes i.e. more false negative reports 4. Lockdown decision is yet to be taken i.e. possibility of exposure to virus is more 5. People affected earlier or having Covid vaccine are also getting infected but with mild symptoms. 3 Are You Already in? 1. Fever 99 degree F or above 2. Diarrhoea- loose motions for1-2 days only 3. Sore throat and coughing 4. Loss of smell and/or taste 5. Back pain 5-6 days prior to first day of fever 6. Uneasy feeling in stomach and poor appetite 7. Conjunctivitis- red and watery eyes 8. Low BP, Mental Fog( confusion), dizziness, increased heart rate Bas ek do hi Kaafi hai, RT PCR test karwane ke liye !!! 2nd wave mutated corona virus is being missed by RT PCR test. Therefore chest HRCT is required if RT PCR is negative but symptoms exist. Corona is curable, if diagnosed early. DON’T DELAY... 4 Sequence of Symptoms 1. Though there is no fixed sequence or pattern of symptoms. However, in the 2nd Wave of Corona: 2. First 2 days: diarrhoea ( Loose motions): Do 12 hours fasting( No food grain diet) and don’t take antibiotics as it’s caused by virus not by the bacteria. 3. Followed by 100-102 degree F fever and weakness and loss of taste ( missing only sweet and salty) and/or smell on 2nd-3rd day. 4. Running nose and very frequent sneezing on 4th-5th day 5. 5th-6th Day: Sore throat with coughing with or without dry cough. These all are normal and common symptoms. Nothing to worry so far !!! 5 Urgent and Smart Moves 1. Get RT PCR test done on the very first day of the fever. First 3-4 days are very crucial. 2. Don’t wait for test report. Get yourself completely isolated in a room with attached bathroom. 3. Arrange a Pulse Oximeter and digital thermometer. 4. Arrange an electric kettle, a thermo flask and a Steam Inhaler. 5. Get all family members, household maid and driver or any assistant in your contact tested, if your report is positive. 6 Basic Concepts 1. Corona virus is NOT dangerous but it’s complications are really Jaanlewa. Hence, Don’t let it create complications. Nip the problem in the bud. 2. Virus and bacteria are multiplied in factories located in your throat, nasal passages and mouth ( including crevices between teeth). You have to demolish these factories. 3. Inflammation and mucus cause complications like pneumonia. Take measures to keep it under control. 7 4. Acidic environment escalates bacterial growth and inflammation. 5. Energy in your body is limited and low during the illness. So let it be available for the Healing Process to the maximum possible extent. 6. Stress pulls down your immunity further. Be calm, patient and alert. Now, let’s discuss- How to put these concepts into actions to recover in seven days !!! 8 3 Phase Recovery Plan 1. First 3-4 Days – Keep calm but be alert !! Most crucial and Take some urgent steps. important to avoid Eat light and less. Only breath meditation and complications deep breathing exercise. 2. Next 4 Days- Monitor health parameters closely. Do Pranayam and warm The fever retreating up and back stretching phase exercises to relieve back pain. Start eating protein rich diet. 3. Next 7 Days- Keep parameters monitored. Eat calories and protein rich Nutritional recovery diet. Start physical exercise phase slowly and increase gradually. 9 First 3 -4 days: Phase - 1 The Most Crucial and Important to avoid complications 10 How to Demolish Virus Factories 1. Gargle with salty and warm water at least 3 times a day, especially before going to sleep. 2. Take 60-70 C ( not 100 C) degree Celsius water vapour with Ajwain seeds or lemongrass 3 times a day. Inhale hot vapour 6 times from nose, 6 times from mouth then 12 times room temperature and air again repeat this cycle for 6-7 times 3. Drink minimum 3-4 litres lukewarm water daily.. 4. Keep your lungs, nasal passages, throat and mouth clean and clear of any mucus- Don’t use paper napkin, use wash basin. 5. Use tongue cleaner frequently. 6. Clean crevices between teeth using toothpick. 11 Steps to Keep Inflammation and Bacterial Growth at Bay 1. Stop eating wheat and any product made from wheat. Eat Rice, pulses and other gluten free food grains. 2. Stop sugar and milk intake in any form. Milk products cause excess mucus in your body. 3. Eat roasted Flaxseed powder. One table spoon twice a day. 4. Take paste of raw (or powder) half tablespoon Turmeric with 3-4 Black pepper and 7-8 Tulsi leaves in the morning on an empty stomach. Turmeric and flaxseeds will reduce the inflammation in your body. 12 Make Healing Energy Available • As Energy level is already low in your body, don’t let it get wasted in the digestive process. • Let maximum energy be available for the natural healing process. • And, Listen to your poor appetite. Eat less for initial three days of fever. • Eat Light- Boiled Rice –Dal, Rice- Moong dal Khichdi, Ripened Papaya. No citrus fruits for initial 3 days. • Keep body and mind relaxed to conserve energy. Speak less. Relax body’s muscles to save energy. 13 Immunity Booster Moves 1. Keep mind and body calm and relaxed. 2. Recovery rate from Corona is more than 98.5 % !!! 3. Do breath meditation continuously. 4. Do 20 minutes Shavaasan 3 times a day. 5. Take sleep of 10-12 hours. 6. Keep mobile in silent mode and inform near and dear ones not to call you. Be available on Whatsapp only. Stop watching Corona news on news channels. 7. Drink Tulsi, Black Pepper, Ginger and Cinnamon tea three times a day or more. You may add Giloy too. 8. Have vegetables soup with Drumstick as an essential items. You may also start chicken soup after 3 days. 9. Pre-biotic food- raw onion, ginger, garlic, ripened banana, raw tomato to support your good gut bacteria14. Medicines and Health Parameters Please check with your doctor for following medicines as antibiotics and immunity booster: 1. Azithromycin 500 mg per day empty stomach or Doxycycline 100 mg twice a day- 5 days Antibiotics 2. Ivermectin 12 mg/day for adult-5 days 3. Vitamin D3 60K weekly dose 4. Vitamin-C 500 mg twice a day Immunity Boosters 5. Zinc Acetate 50 mg tab once a day 6. Paracetamole 500 mg- only if fever cross 100 degree F 7. Your doctor may add more medicines (blood thinner/ steroid), if other parameters require so. 15 Monitoring Health Parameters Record SpO2( Oxygen saturation), body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate at every 3 hours in a diary in the following format and share with your doctor. Blood Pressure, if possible, at every 6 or 12 hours. Date 9am 12 noon 3 pm 6 pm 9 pm Remark/ Medicine Oxygen Saturation (%) Heart Rate Respiratory Rate Temperature 16 Layman’s Understanding of Blood Tests 1. Check with your doctor to get following blood tests done: complete Blood Count(CBC),ESR, Liver Function Test (LFT), Kidney Function Test (KFT), LDH, CRP, D-Dimmer, Interlukin-6 (IL-6), Serum Ferritin, Procalcitonin (PCT), and Chest HRCT scan to assess the severity of the illness and need for hospitalisation. 2. C- Reactive Protein (CRP), and IL-6 are to assess level of infection and subsequent inflammation at cell level. If these values are high, your doctor may prescribe steroids. 3. D-Dimmer to assess the risk of blood clotting which may lead to brain stroke, heart attack or damage to eye retina or kidney. High D- Dimmer value suggests need of anti- coagulant and blood thinner medicines to be decided by your doctor. 4. Chest HRCT Scan to assess level of infection and congestion in your lungs which may be missed by an X-ray. 17 Layman’s Assessment Important tests values Critical/ Getting Alert Signs Tests MILD MODER SEVERE 1. Difficulty in breathing: RR>24 ATE 2. Recurrence of fever CRP <20 20-50 >50 3. Chest pain/ chest tightness D-Dimmer <0.50 0.5-1.0 >1.0 4. SPO2 is falling , <94 % S. FERRITIN <500 >500 >800 5. Pulse rate> 100/ min 6. Severe cough and CT score> 8 IL-6 <5 5-50 >50 7. Fever lasting for 5 days > 100 LDH <300 300-400 >400 F with Paracetamole and >102 without Paracetamole NLR(Neutroph <1.5 1.5-3.0 >3.0 il/Lymphocite ) 8. Any value exceeding MILD CT SCORE >8 8-13 >13 limit in the adjacent table 18 If Oxygen saturation stagnates around 96-94 % , Try following positions for better breathing. However, if Oxygen saturations starts falling rapidly below 92%, get arrangements in place to get hospitalised within 1-2 hours. Don’t delay. 19 Home Isolation Strategies 1. Get fully isolated- Because you love your family. 2. Wash your utensils yourself. 3. Keep clothes in a bucket of hot detergent water and then get them washed in a Washing machine. 4. Communicate with family and friends over mobile only. 5. Put a small table before your shut door to put a jug and a plate to get water and food. 20 6. Keep mobile in the silent mode. 7. Maintain body temperature, oxygen saturation, pulse, respiratory rate and BP data for every three hours. 8. Keep your doctor updated on your health condition and parameters. 9. Don’t use air conditioner. Keep your room well ventilated with fresh air keeping windows wide open. 10. Use mosquito net as Dengue and Corona are yet to know each other !! 21 Possibilities after initial 3 days Scenario Possible Conclusion One: Morning body temperature is Congratulations !!! You have already less than 98.6 F, Oxygen saturation is knocked down the Corona in the first between 96-99 %, pulse is reduced by round. You are on the path of 8-10 numbers compared to fever days. complete recovery without much Coughing and sleep are improved but complications ahead. problem of frequent defecation and Frequent defecation is due to running nose plus sneezing have collateral damage of good gut bacteria cropped up. CRP, D-Dimmer, IL6 etc and will get resolved with Pre and Pro are more or less normal. biotic diet. Two: Temperature < 100 F, Oxygen Don’t Worry. Consult your doctor. Get saturation is between 96 % and 94 %, Chest HRCT done if not done yet. No improvement in coughing or it got Repeat Blood tests to get some more worse. CRP, D-Dimmer, IL6 etc are not medicines added by your doctor. in normal range. Diarrhoea conditions Consult your doctor to decide are there. whether hospitalisation is necessary. 22 Possibilities after Initial 3 Days Scenario Possible Conclusion Three: Temperature is not of Don’t panic. In India, 98.4 % have declining tend and still more than recovered from the Corona !!! So , 100 F, Oxygen saturation is 94 % or you shall too.. below, No improvement in coughing Get your hospital bag ready with or it got worse. CRP, D-Dimmer, IL6 etc medical prescriptions, medicines, are not in normal range. Diarrhoea mobile charger, toothbrush and paste, conditions are there. few pairs of clothes and Difficulty in breathing and tightness undergarments. Don’t forget to take feeling in the chest. music earphones plus yet to be read books !! Call your doctor and ask your hospital to send ambulance. 23 Next 4 Days:Phase-2 : Retreating Fever 1. If your case falls under Scenario one or two and there is no fever after initial 3-4 days or fever has come down to less than 99.6 degree F, it’s a recovery phase. Be patient and optimistic. 2. You may have very frequent sneezing and running nose issue. Don’t worry. It will get resolved in 2-3 days. Keep drinking a lot of water, soup and herbal tea. 3. If there is no fever for next 4 days, you are almost recovered !!! 4. Start walking inside your room. Do Pranayaam and Bhramari. Do stretching exercises to keep your back core muscles active and pain-free. 24 Special Diet After Initial 3 Days 1. To improve immunity and recover muscle loss, have protein rich diet. 2. Eat Sattu- desi protein shake- 4 table spoons twice a day with roasted cumin seeds powder 3. Water soaked and boiled (2 parts chana + 1 part Moong dal with cover+ ½ part Ground nut) mixed with raw onion and tomato. 4. Grind and make paste of sprouted Moong dal and Chana to make dosa stuffed with raw onion and tomato. 25 5. Make paste of soaked and crushed Black Gram+ Mong dal. Mix with boiled potato to make Tikki on Tawa. Eat with tomato garlic chutney. 6. Have 10-12 soaked almonds, fistful raisins with 4-5 figs and/or other dry fruits. 7. Protein supplements available in the market. 8. 2-3 Boiled Eggs or Omelette 9. To restore gut health disturbed by the antibiotics, Eat Pre-biotic foods like- fermented foods, raw Garlic, Onion, Ginger, raw Coconut, Banana, Tomato etc. 10. Vegetables soup for vitamins and fibre 26 Phase-3: The Nutritional Recovery Phase 1. No fever for last 3-4 days. 2. Consult your doctor for repeat blood tests, review of medicines and Chest CT scan, if required so. 3. You may feel tired or fatigued after 15-20 minutes inside room walking. Check your oxygen saturation after walk. If it remains as of before walk, you have recovered well. Otherwise, doctor may ask you to do breathing exercise using Respirometer to improve lungs health and capacity. 27 4. To provide more energy, increase your potion per protein rich meal gradually. Eat more frequently. 5. Continue to have Chyawanprash, herbal tea, morning turmeric-black pepper-tulsi leaves paste and vegetable soups. 6. Eat pro-biotic fermented foods and pre-biotic tomato, carrot, banana, Brinjal( Eggplant), onion, garlic and ginger to support your good bacteria in the disturbed gut. 28 FAQs and Myths FAQs Explanation 1. Is Corona really fatal or Not really so. Corona is not fatal, if diagnosed incurable ? early. In India, at present, Fatality rate at is only 1.4 %. It means that survival rate is 98.6 %. 2. Who is more Compared to age, fitness and exposure matter vulnerable to Corona more . However, fatality rate is higher in patients infection and it’s who are less fit, obese, diabetic, asthmatic and complications ? Younger suffering from cancer or auto immune diseases or older ? and having low immunity. 3. Is a person recovered Not necessarily so. There are incidences where from Corona recently or persons got infected again within a month. So had 1st or 2nd dose of don’t be complacent or unguarded. Keep practicing Corona vaccine, social distancing , wearing mask and washing protected from further hands. However, vaccinated person will have less infection in next 3-4 severe symptoms and will recover very soon months due to without any complications/ hospitalisation. 29 4. What is the most Thinking of a person that in case of fever, I can common myth with have Dengue, Malaria, Typhoid, ‘seasonal viral respect to the Corona fever’, or cough and cold but I can’t not be infection? infected with the Corona, is the most common myth. It leads to delay in Corona testing and consequent complications due to such delay. 5. Which vaccine is Both vaccine are found safe and effective till more effective- date. Vaccination will protect you from severe Covishield or illness or complications of Covid infection and Covaxin? Are there subsequent death. any side effects of After administering more than 8.0 crores doses, taking these no side effects are reported except 1-2 days pain vaccine ? in the arm muscle where needle for vaccine was inserted or one day fever in few persons. 6. Can drinking No. Drinking alcohol does not protect you from alcohol helps in killing Covid19 infection. It may be harmful. Covid19 virus? 30 7. Is the second week Not necessarily so, if your health parameters more critical than the first have improved and no fever from 5th day week of the illness? onward. Yes, if Covid is diagnosed late and treatment is delayed . 8. What are possible Acute Respiratory Failure, Pneumonia, complications of Covid19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome if not diagnosed and (ARDS), Acute Liver Injury, Acute Cardiac treated timely ? Injury, Secondary Infections, Acute Kidney https://www.webmd.com/lung/co Injury, Blood clotting, Septic Shock are the ronavirus-complications possible complications. 9. Can COVID-19 be To date, there is no evidence or information to transmitted through suggest that the COVID-19 virus transmitted through houseflies. The virus that cause COVID-19 spreads houseflies ? primarily through droplets generated when an https://www.who.int/emergencies infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. You can /diseases/novel-coronavirus- 2019/advice-for-public/myth- also become infected by touching a contaminated busters surface and then touching your eyes, nose or mouth before washing your hands. 31 10. Can exposing You can catch COVID-19, no matter how yourself to the sun or sunny or hot the weather is. Countries with temperatures higher hot weather have reported cases of COVID- than 25°C protect me 19. from COVID-19 ? 11. Is it true that after Most of the people who catch COVID-19 can catching COVID-19 I will recover and eliminate the virus from their have it for life in my bodies. If you catch the disease, make sure body ? you treat your symptoms. 12. I heard that being The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are able to hold my breath dry cough, tiredness and fever. Some people for 10 seconds or more may develop more severe forms of the disease, without coughing or such as pneumonia. The best way to confirm if feeling discomfort means you have the virus producing COVID-19 disease I am free from COVID-19. is with a laboratory test. You cannot confirm it Is it true? with this breathing exercise. 32 virus be spread evidence to suggest that the new corona virus through mosquito could be transmitted by mosquitoes. bites ? 14. Can I use Ultra- No. UV radiation can cause skin irritation and violet (UV) lamps to damage your eyes. disinfect hands or It can be used for disinfecting non-living items like other areas of my skin books, purse, linen etc, using certified machines ? only. 15. Can vaccines No. Vaccines against pneumonia, such as against pneumonia pneumococcal vaccine and Haemophilus influenza protect against the type B (Hib) vaccine, do not provide protection COVID-19 virus ? against the new corona virus. Although these https://www.who.int/emerg vaccines are not effective against COVID-19, encies/diseases/novel- coronavirus-2019/advice- vaccination against respiratory illnesses is highly for-public/myth-busters recommended to protect your health. The virus is so new and different. Therefore,Covid vaccine like 33 Covishield or Covaxin are necessary for protection. Post-Covid Management 1. Take balanced nutritious diet. 2. Have adequate sleep and rest. 3. Have physical exercise- increase it gradually. 4. Avoid smoking and consumption of alcohol. 5. Take regular medications as advised. 6. Self-health monitoring at home - temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar (especially, if diabetic), pulse etc. 7. For persistent dry cough / sore throat, do saline gargles and take steam inhalation. 8. Get ECG, LFT, KFT, CBC, CRP etc as per doctor’s advice for monitoring health parameters 9. For detailed guideline https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/PostCOVID13092020.pdf 34 Should you fear Corona ? If Your answer is NO. I am happy that you now have the right perspective. All the best. Share your suggestions or feedback to avanindrasingh_ias@yahoo.co.in 35