I spent the afternoon and evening yesterday sewing fabric masks for healthcare workers.
How long have your patients there been on the hydroxychloroquine/Azithromycin combo? In the study (prepublication) the blood PCR levels (viral RNA in the blood) decreased to 10% in like 3 days and was virtually zero in 5.
I did treat one outpatient this week with presumptive CoVID (couldn’t get her a test because we still have hardly any tests here and you pretty much have to be getting admitted to the hospital with pneumonia to get one; but the history and progression of symptoms over a week was highly suspicious). She improved significantly within a day. Without a test I can’t be sure she didn’t just have a secondary bacterial infection that responded to the Azithromycin. But her symptoms really lined up best with CoVID and I think I kept her out of the hospital.
Some natural/preventive things you can try: Caffeic acid - coffee is rich in this compound, or I got Green Coffee extract capsules which have very little caffeine but lots of Caffeic acid. A study last year showed it was effective against another, milder coronavirus.
Vitamin D - deficiency makes people more susceptible to many infections.
Andrographis - this herb has been studied in dengue fever for its interaction with furin, a protein that also seems to be involved in this coronavirus.
As for recovery - SARS patients were studied for the lung fibrosis they developed ; this seemed to be due to activation of EGFR. Natural substances that block EGFR include melatonin, ECGC (green tea extract) and honokiol. They might turn out to be helpful.
Hoping your young NP pulls through. My nurse is an ECMO nurse on the front lines and she’s scared to death.
