COVID-19 (CORONA VIRUS)

                   CORONAVIRUS FAMILY

• Covid19 is one virus within the coronavirus family a collection of hundreds of virus
  
  
  

• Today seven coronaviruses infect humans.
  

  

  

• With three of them considered serious illnesses those being 2002 serve acute respiratory syndrome also called SARS virus the 2012 middle east respiratory syndrome also called MERS virus and the 2019 SARS COV2 better known as the virus that causes covid19 

  

•  While the less serious coronaviruses can cause the common cold these more serious viruses cause symptoms that are so severe that people can't breathe and need to be hospitalized
  
  
  

• For most people, covid 19 can be treated like any other 
• Bad cold rest

• Drinking fluid 

•  Taking over-the-counter medication

 

to manage symptoms like fever and congestion work well.


 

People who develop much more serious symptoms and need to be hospilized..

•  Treatment is primarily focused on supporting individuals while their body fights the infection.
•  Reduce the patient's symptoms,
• patients who have trouble breathing may be given supplemental oxygen

 

• If the oxygen alone is insufficient to help the patient breathe healthcare providers may choose to put patients on mechanical ventilation such as BiPAP and in some situations they may need to intubate and oxygenate the patient through conventional ventilators.

    There are evolving guidelines from the Amelioration Of  Human Life on how  to treat covid19,

• An individual's treatment heavily on:

depends on their health condition and 

the resources available to the health care team

                             REMDESIVIR

• Antiviral Medication
• Disrupts a virus's ability to replicate and spread within the body.
• Remdesivir specifically is recommended for patients who have been hospitalized and require oxygen but are not on mechanical ventilation globally remdesivir is in short supply and many health institutions have very limited quantities of it...