As I write this, I’m on Day 12 of my COVID-19 infection, and although I still need to repeat my nasopharyngeal swab and other laboratory parameters by Day 14, I am healed already by practically all medical parameters.
I have been a hand-washing freak, every chance I have, and I would bathe immediately each time I come home from outside. But I have been using those scented soaps which are supposed to be gentler on the skin. I guess they’re gentler on the virus, too. Ventilation in the room is important to prevent the virus from settling in. Using too much air-con with all windows closed may not be conducive to good room ventilation. In the last 12 days since I got infected, I didn’t use the air-con and opened all windows of our bedroom. I felt I could breathe better especially at night when the natural whiff of cool air from outside was very refreshing.
When seeing patients, I guess I just need to rely on my good old-fashioned “clinical eye” rather than do the usual thorough physical examination. If you’re elderly or high risk and show some symptoms already, don’t bank on this falsely reassuring stat that the majority will recover even without treatment. When the symptoms appear, it can progress so fast you won’t even know what hit you.I suggest you take the loading dose of pure melatonin and consult your doctor. At least even if your doctor decides not to continue with it, you can still benefit from the head start protection of the loading dose.
If the 20-mg preparations are FDA-approved and readily available, one only needs to take five capsules for the loading dose.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)