The cure for the rapidly spreading coronavirus of a new type across the planet has not yet been invented by mankind. It turns out that you can only hope for your own immunity. Is this so, and indeed vaccines from other diseases and previous illnesses protect against COVID-19, 5-tv.ru asked the immunologist, candidate of medical sciences Alexei Popovich.
“To some extent this is true, but in addition to hoping for your immunity, certain security measures must be observed”– said the doctor.
However, according to him, how much immunity will help fight the virus in case of infection depends on each person’s lifestyle and genetics.
“If he does not have chronic diseases, naturally, his immunity will be better in fighting than in people with some kind of chronic pathology”– explained Alexey Popovich.
In addition, there are a number of factors that negatively affect immunity: if a person does not get enough sleep, is malnourished, is constantly in stress, all this suppresses the defense of his body.
The medic debunked the popular myth that the BCG TB vaccine supposedly protects against COVID-19.
“Today this is nothing more than an interesting hypothesis, it has not yet been fully confirmed, there are only scattered data, both laboratory and epidemic. That is, it takes time to confirm ”– explained Alexey Popovich.
The idea that those who have had chickenpox or measles are less likely to contract a new type of coronavirus, according to the immunologist, also have no soil.
Many, fearing the disease, begin to take antibiotics for prevention. However, according to Popovich, this is not worth doing. Firstly, antibiotics do not cure the virus, but can only help to cope with any associated infection, and secondly, incorrectly selected drugs can, on the contrary, harm the body – cause fungal diseases, dysbiosis and other side effects.
As 5-tv.ru previously reported, as of April 8, coronavirus infected in Russia it reached 8672, which is 1175 more than the day before. Already 63 people have died from the disease, 580 people have recovered.
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