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Coronavirus symptoms and prevention

Coronavirus symptoms and treatment

Symptoms:

  • flu like symptoms;
  • fever (38°C/100.4°F and higher);
  • cough;
  • difficulty in breathing;
  • feeling generally unwell;
  • headache;
  • rhinitis;
  • pneumonia;
  • painful coughing;
  • sense of smell and taste (gustation) loss;

Causes:

  • virus SARS-CoV-2;
  • spreads through drop infection e.g. sneezing, coughing;

Prevention:

  • staying at home;
  • try to avoid crowded places (in infection areas) like mass events, airports, subways, hotels, hospitals, gyms;
  • wear face mask;
  • wear gloves when and where possible;
  • avoid handshaking where possible, try Japanese bow greeting instead;
  • do not put unwashed hands and fingers into mouth or around face (this goes especially for children);
  • use spirit based dilutions to disinfect hands regularly. Buy one and carry it with you everywhere. Especially disinfect your hands before eating;
  • try to avoid buying food which is displayed for buyers such as sushi, salads; 
  • avoid contact with ill humans and especially their body fluids blood, faeces, urine, saliva, sperm;
  • disinfect your hands always after touching door handles in public places, after shopping, after using public transportation etc;
  • avoid raw or undercooked animal products such as raw meat, raw milk or raw animal organs;
  • vaccine development is in testing process at the moment;

Treatment:

  • relieving flu-like symptoms;
  • fever treatment;
  • pneumonia treatment;
  • cough treatment;
  • rhinitis treatment;
  • antibiotics do not work for Coronavirus;
  • when having difficulty in breathing, hospitalization and use of breathing machine is needed;

NB! Must remember – the vaccine can prevent the Coronavirus. The vaccine will not help when you are infected with the Coronavirus.

Explanation:

Main risk groups are elderly people, infants, pregnant and people with chronic diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases.

The worrying fact at the moment for many people is that we can not do anything with the confidence of 100% to prevent us from getting infected, because there is no vaccine invented yet.

Coronavirus vaccine is in development process. So the only thing we can do is to try to hold our hygiene and immunity as high as possible and protect ourselves with prophylactic ways. When already affected with the virus, no vaccine will help. You just have to support your immunity and treat symptoms.

Coronavirus has no specific symptoms compared to regular flu. So the only way to say it surely that you are infected by the virus is having a test done. The test is taken of course only when you have flu-like symptoms and you have recently been in the infection area (new infection areas are constantly coming up).

Must be remembered, that coronavirus like other flu type viruses hides itself in human body within 14 days. If you get fever, cough or have breathing difficulties, after two weeks of returning from the risk area, you should contact your doctor immediately and inform of your travel route and symptoms.

It is important to remember that during spring, the number of respiratory infections increases naturally. If you have not visited the disease area or been in contact with corona sick person in the last two weeks, the chances of infection with the new type of coronavirus is rather low.

Wearing a mask may be helpful in Coronavirus risk areas, in particular limiting the spread of infection from infected people. Respiratory protection is particularly needed for those in the risk area or exposed to infected or suspected persons, such as healthcare professionals and family members.

Respirators with appropriate protective efficacy (FFP2 / FFP3) are recommended for close contact with symptomatic patients (eg 1m away and for at least 15 minutes). In the absence of a respirator, a (surgical) protective mask may be used, but it should be noted that once the mask has become wet, the protective efficacy will be reduced and the mask must be replaced. FFP2 / FFP3 respirators are sold at workplace safety centres and other personal protective solution outlets.

 

People keep asking does Coronavirus spreads with AliExpress or other from China ordered packages?

No, You can still order stuff from China, because Coronavirus does not spread through physical things. Internet-ordered packages can be received and opened without fear of infection. Coronavirus spreads mostly from human (animal) to human (animal) by drop infection.

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