What is Covid-19 and the best treatment for COVID-19?

                             

Covid19 is one virus within the coronavirus family a collection of hundreds of viruses usually found in animals today seven coronaviruses infect humans with three of them considered serious.

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Illnesses those being the 2002 severe 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 is 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 fluids and taking over-the-counter medication to manage symptoms like fever and congestion work well for people who develop much more serious symptoms and need to be hospitalized treatment is primarily focused on supporting individuals while their body fights the infection and to 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 national institute of health on how to treat covid19 an individual's treatment heavily depends on their health condition and the resources available to the health care teamers dissevered is an antiviral medication which disrupts a virus's ability to replicate and spread within the bodies dissevered specifically is recommended for patients who have been hospitalized and require oxygen but are not on mechanical ventilation globally rem deserve is in short supply and many health institutions have very limited quantities of it dexamethasone is a corticosteroid a drug that makes adjustments to how the immune system regulates itself dexamethasone or other glucocorticoids similar to it can be used in patients who need oxygen mechanical ventilation or not on mechanical ventilation however patients who do not need oxygen are not recommended to take dexamethasone as the side effects of the drug may worsen their condition there have been a number of proposed treatment solutions you might have heard

about in the news too such as the use of injecting the blood the plasma of people who've recovered from covid-19 also called convalescent plasma into patients who are seriously ill with the disease.

 In September 2020 the national institute of health issued a statement that even with initial trials there hasn't been enough evidence to show this treatment plan helps or harms patients and they do not recommend using this treatment as part of routine treatment plans for the time being in the spring of 2020 there was a lot of news coverage regarding the use of chloroquine and hydroxyl chloroquine to treat severe covid19 patients in august of 2020 the national institute of health issued a statement that recommended against using these drugs as initial trials in covid19 patients had either shown no benefit at all or had led to worse outcomes for patients due to the drug's inherently dangerous side effects as a quick recap.

 Covid 19 is a virus that produces symptoms similar to the common cold however in some individuals symptoms can be so severe they are life-threatening for mild and moderate symptoms patients can be treated with rest and Over-the-counter medications for severe symptoms patients may need supplemental oxygen or mechanical ventilation guidelines for treatments are constantly evolving and some treatments like rem deserve and dexamethasone may be beneficial in some patients other treatments like chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are not recommended as they have no clear benefits

or may potentially harm patients