In the past week, the number of infected people in COVID-19 has increased significantly. According to the current clinical experience, the course of most infected people is about 7 days. If there are fever symptoms, most of them will recover after 3 days. People who have been vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine and completed intensive immunization have a shorter course of disease and a lighter condition. However, after the nucleic acid or antigen test turns negative, some patients still have symptoms such as cough, sore throat, fatigue or loss of appetite. What should I do? Zhang Boli, an academician of China Academy of Engineering, answered this question.

"We found in the anti-epidemic stage in Wuhan that some COVID-19 infected people still have some symptoms after rehabilitation, but with the weakening of virus virulence, the probability of Omicron infected people still having symptoms after the nucleic acid turns negative is lower, and the symptoms are lighter and easier to recover." Zhang Boli said that the experience of diagnosis and treatment in the past three years shows that the use of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage and traditional exercises can promote the rehabilitation of patients and improve symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath. Taking active intervention measures can promote the physical and mental recovery of the cured person to a better state.

For patients who still have mild symptoms after recovery, Zhang Boli suggested that after the nucleic acid turns negative for 2 days, the body temperature should be kept normal, and the rest symptoms should be obviously relieved before returning to work and study. Elderly patients with basic diseases can rest for a few more days. If it is really uncomfortable, you can also choose some targeted Chinese patent medicines.

For those infected people who have no obvious symptoms but just recovered soon, Zhang Boli also reminded that Chinese medicine stresses "prevention before treatment", that is to say, when the disease has just been cured, the healthy qi in the body is still weak and the body function has not fully recovered. At this time, we should also pay attention to the conditioning after illness, on the one hand, consolidate the curative effect, on the other hand, prevent the recurrence of the disease.

According to the article "Symptomatic Treatment and Self-care Methods for Mild Patients" published by Beijing Tiantan Hospital, the disease symptoms caused by Omicron mutant are mild, and the common main symptoms are fever, cough, fatigue, decreased sense of smell and taste, diarrhea, sore throat and myalgia. These symptoms appear alone, and there are two or more kinds of infected people, but most of them are mild and self-limited.

themogenesis

Stay in bed, drink plenty of water and eat light and digestible food.

For infectious fever, fever itself is one of the manifestations of the body's immune system to remove the source of infection. Unless there is high fever and the patient is seriously unwell, there is usually no need to use antipyretics and other drugs.

Patients with high fever must be treated with hypothermia, and acetaminophen and ibuprofen are optional antipyretics. (But choose 1 antipyretic. Read the instructions carefully before use to avoid repeated overdose; Avoid drinking alcohol during taking acetaminophen to prevent liver injury. )

cough

The symptoms are not particularly serious, so you don't need to take cough medicine.

If the cough symptoms are serious, and there is a tendency of dyspnea or affecting normal sleep and rest, cough medicine can be taken appropriately for symptomatic treatment, including dextromethorphan hydrobromide tablets, dextromethorphan guaifenesin syrup, ambroxol hydrochloride tablets, acetylcysteine effervescent tablets, Lianhua Qingwen granules (capsules), Xuanfei Zhisou mixture, Silent granules, Tanreqing capsules and so on.

Decreased sense of smell or taste

The incidence rate is not high, and most patients will gradually recover their sense of smell and taste in a week or so. This symptom is not unique to COVID-19, and other respiratory virus infections may also occur.

Brush your teeth twice a day to ensure oral hygiene.

If possible, you can carry out olfactory training according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization, including smelling lemon, rose, clove and eucalyptus twice a day for 20 seconds each time.

Try adding herbs and spices to food, such as pepper and lemon juice. But for patients with diarrhea or gastrointestinal dysfunction, it is recommended to use it with caution.

diarrhea

Eat a light diet, and don't eat heavy oil, heavy salt and foods that are irritating to the gastrointestinal tract.

Drink plenty of water and replenish the lost water in time.

Patients with severe symptoms can use drugs such as montmorillonite powder and Huoxiang Zhengqi capsule (or pills, water and oral liquid) to relieve symptoms.

Dry throat and sore muscles.

Listening to relaxing music or meditation helps to relieve pain.

Exercise moderately and drink plenty of water.

For joint, muscle or systemic pain, you can take over-the-counter analgesics such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen for treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine Shufeng Jiedu Capsule and Liushen Pill also have certain curative effects.