How to treat Omicron at home

Coronavirus continues to rage in Ukraine. More than 30 thousand people fall ill every day, and most of them become infected with the Omicron strain. Fortunately, it is less aggressive than the Delta, which prevailed during the autumn coronavirus wave. Therefore, with a huge number of infected people, our hospitals are not overloaded. In most cases, Omicron is treated at home. Doctor Yevgeny Komarovsky in the Golovanov Hour program on the Ukraine 24 TV channel told how to treat Omicron at home.

Rule 1: do not accept "heavy artillery" on your own

Against the background of coronophobia, many, having received a positive test for coronavirus, begin to take antibiotics or hormonal drugs to prevent a severe course of the disease. Dr. Komarovsky warns that it is absolutely impossible to prescribe these medicines on your own. This is a serious group of drugs that have side effects. For example, after taking antibiotics, severe diarrhea can develop, which, coupled with a high temperature, can increase dehydration. As a result, you can “thunder” in the hospital, that is, you will create a severe course of the disease with your own hands, and not a coronavirus. Hormonal drugs generally suppress the immune system. So, taking them in the initial stages of the disease, you will put a spoke in the wheels of your immune system. You can read more about this 

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Yes, in some cases, with coronavirus, antibiotics and hormonal drugs are indispensable. But the decision to take them should be made by the doctor after your examination.

Rule 2 Get moving

Yevgeny Komarovsky emphasizes that "Omicron" affects the upper respiratory tract. To avoid stagnation of sputum in the lungs, it is important not to lie in a layer, but still move.

“You must understand that if you can stand up and walk around, you can sit, then you need to move, moreover, do not lie in one position,” Dr. Komarovsky warns. According to him, the respiratory muscles work best in an upright position.

By the way, to facilitate the work of the lungs, it is best to lie on your stomach. Or lie on your side, or be in a half-sitting position. But in no case should you lie on your back: this contributes to the appearance of congestion in the lungs.

Rule 3 Drink enough liquid

Whether you're thirsty or not, it's important to watch your drinking regimen and drink enough fluids.

Because, according to Yevgeny Komarovsky, the amount of fluid affects the viscosity of blood and sputum. The greater the fluid deficit in our body, the thicker the blood becomes (and this is the risk of thrombosis) and the thicker the sputum becomes (you risk getting pneumonia).

Rule 4 Air parameters

It is important to ventilate the room as often as possible, the air must be clean, emphasizes Komarovsky. The optimum temperature is 20 degrees, humidity in the range of 40-60%. It is these conditions, according to the doctor, that are ideal for the good functioning of the pulmonary system.

Dr. Komarovsky emphasized that these rules are suitable for treating not only Omicron, but also the same flu or fluron, or any other viral infection.

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