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?

"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 told the Science and Technology Daily reporter 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.