Including daily morning walk, yoga asanas, Pranayam, immunity boosters like Chyawanaprash, Haldi-doodh, geloy powder, ashwagandha, daily gargling, steam inhaling and soluble balanced diets are essential for people who have coronavirus or have recovered from it, the health ministry has advised in new COVID care guidelines. However, the Health Ministry's COVID-care advisory also urges to take AYUSH medicines only when prescribed by a registered doctor. Daily gargling is also hugely beneficial in case of people with a sore throat.
POST-COVID FOLLOW UP PROTOCOL
1. At Individual Level
- Continue COVID appropriate behaviour (use of mask, hand and respiratory hygiene, physical distancing)
- Drink adequate amount of warm water (if not contra-indicated)
- Take immunity promoting AYUSH medicine - To be practied and prescribed by a qualified practitioner of AYUSH.
- If health permits, regular household work to be done. Professional work to be resumed in graded manner.
- Mild/moderate exercise
- Daily practice of Yogasana, Pranayama and meditation, as much as health permits or as prescribed.
- Breathing exercises as prescribed by treating physician.
- Daily morning or evening walk at a comfortable pace as tolerated.
- Balanced nutritious diet, preferably easy to digest freshly cooked soft diet.
- Have adequate sleep and rest.
- Avoid smoking and consumption of alcohol.
- Take regular medications as advised for COVID and also for managing comorbidites, if any. Doctor to be always informed about all medicines that the individual is taking (allopathic/AYUSH) so as to avoid prescription interaction.
- Self-health monitoring at home - temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar (especially, if diabetic), pulse oximetry etc (if medically advised).
- If there is persistent dry cough/sore throat, do saline gargles and take steam inhalation. The addition of herbs/spices for gargling steam inhalation. Cought medications should be taken on advice of medical doctor or qualified practitioner of Ayush.
- Look for early warning signs like high-grade fever, breathlessness, Sp02
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