Can you Prevent COVID-19?
Learn a more proactive approach to prevent yourself and loved ones from getting COVID-19. How do you reduce the severity of the infection?
Here's what other proactive actions you can take -
A more proactive and productive approach should be adopted by Singaporeans, instead of cowering in fear at the proximity of another human being to you.
As shown in the most current research, Vitamin C and Zinc complex has found to bring down the viral load in COVID patients. The viral-shedding from asymptomatic patients is much less than a COVID patient with URTI (Upper respiratory tract infection) and ARI (Acute respiratory infection) symptoms (Viral shedding occurs over a period of between 24 to 42 days from symptom onset.
Ref : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0869-5).
Please seek Medical attention as soon as possible if you are unsure of you or your family's health condition.
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Vitamins & Nutrients for a Well-functioning Immune System to Protect against COVID-19 & other Viral Infections
(Ref: Nutrients. 2020 Apr 23;12(4). pii: E1181. doi: 10.3390/nu12041181 Optimal Nutritional Status for a Well-Functioning Immune System Is an Important Factor to Protect against Viral Infections Calder PC1, Carr AC2, Gombart AF3, Eggersdorfer M4.
Get Exercising!
People should be encouraged to exercise and eat healthier, instead of just staying at home and consuming more food than they should, while whiling away their time. Otherwise our population will emerge unhealthier than when we entered lockdown. (Ref : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-020-0642-3.pdf)
Ear, Nose & Throat Problems
Symptom Checker
– How COVID-19 Compares with Other Illnesses
Information obtained from CDC & World Health Organization
Are you at Risk of Getting Complications from COVID-19?
Risk Factors of COVID-19 Complication
Source : Observer Research Foundation
Lung, Neurological, Liver & Kidney Diseases
Groups at Higher Risk for Severe Illness in a COVID-19 Infection
Comorbidities & Underlying Health Conditions in COVID-19 Patients with Complications
- Hypertension
- Diabetes mellitus
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Cardiovascular disease
- Chronic lung diseases including COPD
- Chronic Kidney disease
- Asthma
- Dementia
- Chronic Neurological Disorders
- Cancer
- Rheumatological Disorder
- Obesity
- Smoking
- Chronic Hematologic disease / Haemoglobin Blood Disorders
- Liver disease / Hepatitis B Infection
- Malnutrition
- Immunodeficiency / Immunocompromised eg HIV AIDS
- People aged 65 and older
- 高血压
- 糖尿病
- 脑血管疾病
- 心血管疾病
- 慢性肺部疾病
- 慢性肾病
- 哮喘
- 失智
- 慢性神经系统疾病
- 癌症
- 风湿病
- 肥胖
- 抽烟
- 慢性血液系统疾病/血红蛋白血液疾病
- 肝病/乙型肝炎感染
- 营养不良
- 免疫缺陷/免疫功能低下，例如 HIV AIDS
- 65岁及以上的人
(Ref: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-020-0642-3.pdf, Dailymail.co.uk, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32320003/, Comorbidity and its impact on 1590 patients with Covid-19 in China: A Nationwide Analysis https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2020/03/17/13993003.00547-2020
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