New research points to pneumonia, not severe inflammation, as the true cause of severe COVID and death.
. If a patient is hospitalized, additional drug therapy that reduces inflammation may be given, as well as blood plasma therapy.
Patients will also be treated for any other infections they have, which is why it’s important to let health care providers know about new symptoms right away.First, get vaccinated and boosted. “It’s the best way to prevent the likelihood of severe illness,” Singer said. “It’s very rare to see a fully vaccinated COVID patient critically ill in the ICU.”
If a patient tests positive and has respiratory symptoms that are worsening, they should ask their doctor for a pneumonia screening. Antibiotics are often necessary to treat a co-infection, and Schluter had some unexpected but important advice: Stop eating junk food immediately. “You don’t want to eat rubbish because antibiotics and sweets do not mix,” he cautions. “Sugar from your diet, combined with antibiotics, can exacerbate damage to the organs in your body.
Jonas Schluter, PhD, Institute for Systems Genetics, assistant professor of microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York City.
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