Asian Journal of Medical Sciences (May 2022)

The role of nutrients in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection

  • Aditi Munmun Sengupta ,
  • Diptendu Chatterjee ,
  • Rima Ghosh ,
  • Khriesivonuo Nakhro ,
  • Ipsita Chakravarti ,
  • Salil Kumar Bhattacharya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v13i5.42442
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 5
pp. 201 – 208

Abstract

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Balanced and healthy nutrition is a vital to attain a good immune response. Numerous studies have reported that boosting up adaptive immunity through nutritional interventions can impede viral infections. With the present leading challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic globally, maintaining good nourishment is indispensable to remain immune against the novel virus. By and large, ineffectively fed people are at a higher risk of creating different kinds of contaminations. In addition, constant and extreme contagion can cause health problems and demolish a patient’s nourishing status, making them susceptible to different diseases. During the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone must screen their eating routine and nourishing status. Good nutrition can subside the ongoing unprecedented health complications and deaths. Evaluating the clinical status of COVID-19 cases at the hour of clinic confirmation is strongly recommended. Specific dietary help is prescribed to be given to those in the high-hazard bunch, asymptomatic transporters, and patients with moderate or extreme COVID infection. An assortment of micronutrients techniques to treat COVID-19 can prove beneficial at the preliminary stage of the clinical attendance. The prompt supplementation of specific supplements in gentle cases can forestall the movement of sicknesses.

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