Corona Virus Has Infect: Investigated for Protection Against or Treatment Covid-19

In December 2019,  infectious disease called covid-19 discovered after an outbreak in Wuhan, China. This corona virus has infect many thousand people in more than 100 countries around the world.  The vaccine of covid-19 has not yet been found. But, currently researchers are working to make a vaccine for covid-19 as well as potential treatments.

Vaccine For Covid-19 as Well as Potential Treatments

Currently, there’s no vaccine for covid-19. Virus can’t be opposed by antibiotic, because antibiotic effective to fight bacteria. When your symptoms are advanced, your doctor will give you supportive treatments such as :

• Fluids in order to reduce dehydration risk
• Medication in order to reduce fever
• Supplemental oxygen for severe cases
• Respirator is given for people who have hard time breathing because of covid-19

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Although vaccines and treatment option for covid-19 are being investigated, it may take several months or longer. Because they need to perform randomized controlled trial to human. If they done, it can be potential vaccines and treatments are available.

There’s some proof said that certain medication maybe potential to preventing illness effectively, even treat the covid-19 symptoms.

Here are treatments that are being investigated for protection against or treatment covid-19 :

Remdesivir

In fact, remdesivir is designed to target ebola. But there was research have found that it can be highly effective to fight corona virus at isolated cells.
Even though, this treatment is not yet applied in humans. In China, this treatment have been implemented to two clinical trials. And in US, there was one clinical trial that approved by FDA.

Chloroquine

Usually, malaria and autoimmune disease can use this drug for treatment. This drug considered safe, it used more 70 years. Lately, research found that this drug is fight covid-19 effectively in test tubes. Leastwise, 10 clinical trials are looking at the potential this drug for option to fight covid-19.

Lopinavir and Ritonavir

This drugs are designed to treat HIV. But in South Korea, covid-19 patient 54 y.o man was given a combination of these to treat corona virus. The corona virus had reduce significantly in him. WHO said that there can be using these drug with other drug to get the benefits.

APNO1

In China, clinical trial is set to start soon to verify whether this drug is potential to fight the corona virus. In early 2000s, scientists found that protein called ACE2 is involved in SARS infections. this protein can be use to protect the lungs from injury due to respiratory distress.

Favilavir

This drug has approved by China to treat symptoms of covid-19. In fact, this drug is developed for treat inflammation in the nose and throat. But it has supposedly shown treat symptoms of covid-19 effectively in 70 people clinical trial, although the result of research have not been release yet.

How Clinicians Treating Covid-19 Patients

1. Triage

This is important first step, need the careful triage. When patients call clinics, they’re will be check by nurse first. Need to know how sick they are. The nurse will gauge it. Do they have high fever or shortness of breath? The nurse also check whether they have chronic illness or not. Chronic illness can increase the risk of infection and complications.
There are 3 classes i.e. mild, moderate, and severe symptoms. If they have mild symptoms, they will be asked to stay at home and check back in 24 hours. Other options, the clinician will reach out to them.
If they have moderate symptoms, they will be asked to come in. Clinician will mark that they’re respiratory patient, and will be placed at separate area.
If they have severe symptoms, clinician will not see them and send them to ER of hospital immediately.

2. Hospital arrival

Any patient that should be evaluated for covid-19 is has fever, cough, and shortness of breath. And they have traveled to countries with high ongoing transmission or credible exposure history.

3. Supportive care

Medics will maintain fluid status, nutrition, and support physiological function until it heal. It can be tougher, if develop to acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Signs of secondary infection should be alerted by medics. The signs could be fever, elevated white blood cell count, and lactic acidosis. Patients with immunosuppressed have high risk of secondary infection.

4. Managing complication

Most of covid-19 patients die because of an inability to ventilate, moreover they supported by oxygen.
Some patients may develop sepsis or multisystem organ failure, renal and endothelial collapse. This situation make medics difficult to maintain blood pressure.

5. Discharge

Patients who discharge will be tested before and after discharge, to know whether virus exist or not. They will send to home and asked to remain in isolation.