COVID 19: Prevention and treatment through the Indian perspective.

Autor: Chandra H; Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar 249404, Uttarakhand, India; School of Agriculture, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun 248007, Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address: hreesh5@gmail.com., Yadav A; Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology, C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur 208024, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: archana25578@gmail.com., Prasad R; School of Agriculture, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun 248007, Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address: rajenpd@gmail.com., Sagar K; Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar 249404, Uttarakhand, India., Bhardwaj N; Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar 249404, Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address: nitindna2001@gmail.com., Kumar Gupta K; Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar 249404, Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address: kartikey.gupta@gkv.ac.in., Singh Thakur G; Department of Naturopathy & Yoga, H. N. B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address: ghanshyam.thakur20@gmail.com., Nigam M; Department of Biochemistry, H. N. B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address: m.nigam@hnbgu.ac.in., Pezzani R; Phytotherapy Lab (PhT-Lab), Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, via Ospedale 105, Padova 35128, Italy; AIROB, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Oncologica di Base, Padova, Italy. Electronic address: raffaele.pezzani@unipd.it., Paulo Martins de Lima J; CECAPE College, Av. Padre Cícero, 3917 - São José, Juazeiro do Norte - CE, 63024-015, Brazil., Douglas Melo Coutinho H; Department of Biological Chemistry - URCA, Crato, CE 63105-000, Brazil. Electronic address: hdmcoutinho@urca.br., Prakash Mishra A; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa. Electronic address: mishra.ap@ufs.ac.za.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cytokine [Cytokine] 2024 Nov; Vol. 183, pp. 156756. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2024.156756
Abstrakt: The most destructive period the world has experienced seems to be behind us. Not a single nation was spared by this disease, and many continue to struggle today. Even after recovering from COVID, patient may continue to experience some post-COVID effects, such as heart irregularities or a decline in lung vitality. In the past three years (2019-2022), the world has witnessed the power of a small entity, a single peculiar virus. Science initially appeared to be helpless in this regard, but due to the emergence of disease, pharmaceutics (the development of anti-covid drugs), immunology (the rapid antigen test), microbiology (the isolation of viruses from infected people), biotechnology (the development of recombinant vaccines), biochemistry (the blood profile, the D-dimer test), and biochemistry (blood profile, D-dimer test), biophysics (PCR, RT-PCR, CT Scan, MRI) had worked together to fight the disease. The results of these efforts are the development of new diagnostic techniques, possible treatment and finally the availability of vaccines against COVID-19. However, it is not proven that the treatment through the traditional medical system is directly active on SARS-CoV-2 but is instead indirectly acting on SARS-CoV-2 effects by improving symptoms derived from the viral disease. In India, the traditional system of medicine and tradition knowledge together worked in the pandemic and proved effective strategies in prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2. The use of effective masks, PPE kits, plasma therapy, yoga, lockdowns and social seclusion, use of modern antiviral drugs, monoclonal antibodies, herbal remedies, homoeopathy, hygienic practice, as well as the willpower of people, are all contributing to the fight against COVID. Which methods or practices will be effective against COVID nobody is aware since medical professionals who wear PPE kits do not live longer, and some people in India who remained unprotected and roamed freely were not susceptible to infection. The focus of this review is on the mode of transmission, diagnosis, preventive measures, vaccines currently under development, modern medicine developed against SARS-CoV-2, ayurvedic medicine used during pandemic, homoeopathic medicine used during pandemic, and specific yoga poses that can be used to lessen COVID-related symptoms.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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