Frontiers in Public Health (Jul 2021)

Traditional Chinese Medicine Enema Therapy in a Patient With a Confirmed Negative SARS-CoV-2 Test in the Respiratory Tract but Positive in the Intestinal Tract: A Case Report

  • Yuzhu Dai,
  • Zhiyou Zhao,
  • Huajun Zhou,
  • Dedong Huang,
  • Jianjun Luo,
  • Cunhai Zhang,
  • Qingyong Chen,
  • Xingcan Chen,
  • Yuan Yao,
  • Xiaoxiao Jiang,
  • Jun Cheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.687283
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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We report the case of a 43-year-old man who was infected with SARS-CoV-2 in February 2020 and actively cooperated with treatment in the hospital. During the course of treatment, we found that the respiratory SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid became negative, but remained positive in the intestinal tract. As a result, we adjusted the treatment plan to include traditional Chinese medicine enema treatment. The patient had negative intestinal SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test within 4 days, and the subsequent repeated review of intestinal SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid was negative, and the virus was undetectable. It is suggested that traditional Chinese medicine enema treatment may be helpful to remove the SARS-CoV-2 in the intestines of patients with COVID-19 infection, and may support the treatment of patients with respiratory SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid negative and positive in the intestinal tract.

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