It is very important to get clarifications from a certified medical doctor before any medical treatment.
For Covid-19, the situation is critical. Hospitals are saturated with dying Covid patients while patients are overwhelmed by the experience of actually having the disease.
For severe sufferers of Covid-19, the best way to describe the feeling is imagining the most comfortable flight you have ever had in your life then suddenly the pilot announces that the plane will crash in five minutes. You will feel scared, desperate, disappointed, regretful and while all these emotions are overwhelming you, you are also nearing that 5 minute mark. You are experiencing the plane going down but powerless to do nothing. That's how having Covid sometimes feels.
Most of the advanced and effective treatments for Covid-19 is yet to reach majority of the world's population maybe due to high demand of such drugs much less for developing countries like Nigeria.
Experience of a Covid-19 survivor in Nigeria
1. Feverish feeling like a mild malaria
2. Sudden worsening of the malarial symptoms but feels different from the usual malaria. Chest pain like your heart is tightening and twisting at the same time. Pain in left kidney area
3. Suspects typhoid fever because symptoms are worsening. You feel very sick, feverish, weak, faint with terrible headache, blood pressure is high.
4. Without any blood test for malaria and typhoid, the doctor blind-prescribes Ciprofloxacin 500mg to be taken twice daily. One 500mg tablet in the morning and One 500 mg at night. Doctor also prescribes an anti-malaria drug.
You take the first doze which instantly makes you feel better. It feels like there is something about this drug that made the patient feel a lot better but not completely well which is understandable since that's how you feel when you are taking such treatment.
5. Day 2 of treatment, Eye balls feel like they are getting bigger. Suddenly it feels like they are about to burst out of your eye socket yet when you look at your face in the mirror your eyes don't look bigger but the color is darker.
6. Day 3 of treatment you decide to go and have a blood test done. Doctor confirms that you have malaria and typhoid fever and advices you to discontinue Ciprofloxacin 500mg.
7. Still on Day 3, Doctor precribes a drug containing Arterolane Maleate 150mg + Pipetaquine Phosphate Tablets 750mg to be taken 1 tablet daily for 3 days. He also prescribed Omeprazole Delayed Release Capsules USP 20mg to be taken once a day for 7 days. You follow the treatment instruction and truly start feeling better than you did with Ciprofloxacin with anti-malaria drug.
8. On day 6 of treatment, you notice you have lossed your sense of smell. Even a strong designer perfume smells like nothing. Diarrhea starts. Visit to the doctor to explain symptoms. Doctor instructs immediate self isolation and test for covid-19.
9. Day 6, test kit finished at test center and you are asked to return next day.
10. Day 7, test conducted and self isolation continues.
* Intake of 1000mg of Vitamin C starts.
* Wellman or Wellwoman Original. Contains 30 Capsules. One tablet daily although patient had been on this for months before illness
* Steaming morning and night.
How to Steam
Boil water big enough to fill a big sized bottle water container like Big Sized Eva, Ragolis, Swan or Nestle water.
Pour the hot water into a plastic bowl.
Cut big chunks of onions and place in the plastic bowl
Cut washed whole lemon in chunks with the back on and place in bowl. If you have Lemon grass, add it
Cut like a table spoon of raw garlic and add to it.
Add like a table spoon of tumeric powder
Then once the water is boiled pour in the plastic bowl where you added these ingredients.
Carefully place the plastic bowl on a stool.
Be in a kneeling position and carefully lower your head to absorb steam from the hot water.
You need to use a large towel to cover your head and the bowl to retain the steam.
Inhale this hot steam through your nose and exhale through your mouth 15 times.
Inhale this hot steam through your mouth and exhale through your nose 15 times.
This will help neutralize the corona virus in your upper respiratory system. This should be done every morning and night
Note that even when you are being tested for Corona virus, the swab from the test kit is inserted into your nose and another in your throat through your mouth.
For convenience, you need not throw away this water. Cover it and boil it in the evening and repeat the steaming treatment. Then throw away the water. (Not recommended)
You can also do steaming with plain hot water without adding any ingredients to it.
Steam with fresh ingredients next day and continue until you fully recover from covid-19.
Remember to wash your face before each steaming session. Steaming produces a lot of sweating on the face so if your face is dirty or you have make-up, the heat and sweat caused by the steam will dissolve your makeup and it will get into your eyes.
* Take hot tea in the morning and night. Simply cut a thumb sized fresh ginger into a tea cup that can take 1 and half cups of hot water. Add a table spoon of honey. Add teaspoon of sugar. add a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. add one green tea bag. Any green tea bag will do but a quality green tea from a reputable brand is more reliable.
Take this tea, morning and night while the steaming treatment is going on. ***This drink can cause ulcer. If you are concerned about it, use only green tea and honey. Do not add apple cider vinegar, ginger and tumeric. Especially tumeric with hot water. This can cause ulcer.
* Take water, water and more water. Drink as much fluid as possible. It helps flush out whatever is making you sick.
* Pray always and ask God for forgiveness and help. He will
* Tell loved ones your last information as if you were preparing for death that will never come - God willing. This is a wise step knowing that anything can happen and you may not make it bearing in mind that millions of people have died from covid and still dying. But believe you will make it since you need all the positivity to fight this wicked virus
11. Day 12, Covid-19 test result is POSITIVE😥😞
12. Still on Day 12, starts taking the following drugs:
A. Azithromycin preferably Pfizer brand. Pfizer brand is called Zithromax 500mg. One tablet daily for 10 days. (OR Glaxo Zynap 500mg twice daily. So 500mg in the morning and 500mg in the night).
*For this treatment regime . Azithromycin preferably Pfizer brand. Pfizer brand is called Zithromax 500mg. One tablet daily for 10 days. (OR Glaxo Zynap 500mg twice daily. So 500mg in the morning and 500mg in the night).
* the patient used Azithromycin not Glaxo Zynap. Eat well before taking.
B. Hydroxychloroquine. 200mg twice daily for 4 days.
C. Zinc Oxide 100mg take 1 daily for 10 days
D. Paracetamol 2 tablets, three times daily. But take it when you feel pain. Do not over dose on it.
13. From day 12, steaming twice daily, taking of hot tea twice daily, 1000mg of vitamin C, taking fluid frequently still continues
14. Day 13, cough starts but not severe with chest pain.Treatment taken was a Cough Syrup called Emzolyn for adults. Took 10ml 3 times daily ie. 10ml morning, 10ml afternoon and 10ml night. But for severe cough, mash fresh ginger about a teaspoon size and 1 teaspoon of tumeric powder used for seasoning food. Mix with 10ml of this cough syrup before taking it.
15. Day 15, patient takes hot tea in the morning on empty stomach but added fresh tumeric like a tablespoon amount into the tea recipe I earlier stated, then had breakfast. Instantly breathing changed and became rapid. Patient decided to count the number of breathing in one minute, counted a breath in and a breath out as one. Total number of breathing in one minute was 43 which was too fast. Feeling of weekness. Strong sense of death approaching. Bottles of water taken to probaby neutralize the strong effect of the tea concoction. The patient licked 6 table spoons of powdered milk all to help flush out any excess intake of raw tumeric.
16. Escalation of illness. weakness. Pain in center of chest. Fast breathing starts again after afternoon meal.
The scary scenario is this, maybe this is the point patients are rushed to ICU and placed on a respirator or ventilator which could have worsened the condition and may have led to death.
But patient took the following drugs:
*Hyperex-SR ( rabeprazole sodium & Domperidone (SR) Capsules), one tablet morning and one tablet at night. A pack contained 10 capsules so it was taken for 5 days. After 5 days of taking this drug patient started taking a drug called Pariet 20mg containing 28 tablets. Patient started taking it one tablet in the morning and one tablet at night. This treatment will continue until 56 tablets of Pariet are consumed but in the right dosage.
* Lexotan (Bromazepam 3mg). Takes one tablet at night for 2 nights and patient stopped taking it. The first day of taking it was very helpful for the patient. But the second night, patient had weird dreams and woke up with a low blood pressure. It is possible that Lexotan reduces the blood pressure. So let your doctor guide you.
* Gaviscon liquid. ( for the relief of heartburn and acid indigestion due to gastric reflux. 10ml taken one in the morning, afternoon and night for 2 weeks
From the start of this set of treatments patient recovered from those worsening symptoms and conditions continue to improve.
Patient continued the daily intake Vitamin C 1000mg and Zinc 100mg. Then added 500iu of Vitamin D3 taken daily
The following prescription was given to a different Covid-19 patient:
**Before taking this ask your doctor***
Day 1, a drug called Ivermectin only taken 12mg at once as a single dose plus Doxycycline 200mg taken at once.
On day 2, day 3, day 4 and day 5, 100mg of Doxycycline is taken twice ie. 100mg in the morning and 100mg at night.
In addition to this, 1000mg of vitamin C is taken daily. 100mg of Zinc is taken daily. 500iu of Vitamin D3 is also taken daily.
Steaming three times a day
Taking fluids regularly
looking back from when the sickness started, here are the symptoms suffered:
Constipation
Diarrhea
Tiredness
Clogged throat
Dry cough
Weakness
Harsh Headache in one spot or the other
Feeling of heart turning or tightness.
Heat in chest area
Runny nose
Pain in feet especially in the morning when getting up from bed and taking the first morning step with red patches on side of toe
Feeling of fullness in the kidney area
feeling of fullness in the bladder
Bulging and painful eyes (sensation)
Loss of smell
Loss of taste. Food sometimes tastes like white vineger and bitter leaf
Excessive urination
Fever
Malaria
Typhoid
Rapid breathing
Feeling like air is not completely entering the body. Rush of air from electric fan helps
Stomach ache
Excessive sweating coming down like rain from head and sometimes all over body
Feeling of hopelessness
Safety measures to protect people from getting infected by you:
*Social distance is a must if you must be in close proximity with someone
* You must wear a mask
* You must repeatedly apply an alcohol based hand sanitizer before and after touching anything any other person will touch
*You must self isolate
Additional information
Lime is harsh especially when taken with hot tea. It is better to use apple cider vinegar as stated above than adding lime to hot tea.
Cut lemon in half and squeeze the juice out. Mix in 60cl bottle of water and drink from time to time. Not too much. Maybe once daily
It is wise to have your own heart monitor at home during treatment at home to enable you check your blood pressure. The heart monitor should also be able to measure your pulse rate.
It also makes sense to have a small thermometer at home so you can regularly monitor your body temperature.
It is very important to eat well before taking these drugs. Azithromycin especially can really knock some down when taken on empty stomach.
If possible have lots of fruits and vegetables.
Take raw tumeric with great caution. If possible, inhale during steaming as mentioned above but do not take it during treatment. I suspect tumeric has a way of worsening conditions and can even cause ulcer.
Have a certified medical doctor that is concerned, patient and kind enough to want to help you. A doctor you can call at any time to discuss symptoms or progress on drugs prescribed by a certified medical doctor.
What works on one patient may not work for another patient. So always work with your doctor for the best treatment for you.
You will survive it. Believe in your ability to fight off this disease. Short prayers when symptoms start or seem to worsen can really help.
Have a great support system. Always have your phone on and fully charged so that loved ones can reach you to give you the love and emotional support you so much need.
Pack up some necessary things in a traveling bag or box and keep aside just incase your situation worsens and there is need for you to call the emergency number for you to be picked up and rushed to the isolation hospital for care and treatment.
Be sure to have a paper copy of your positive covid-19 result test handy since you may not be admitted in the isolation center without it.
Very informative.
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