Today world is facing a major challange to combat noval CORONA virus. The following precautionary majors has to be taken in consideration to deal with the situation. Handwashing after every 2 hourly. 1 Meter hand distance at work place. Cover your mouth and nose while coughing and sneezing and try to use your upper arm for the purpose. Stop using your muth and nose excessively. Take healthy diet. Exercise daily & meditate...
Convalescent plasma (CP) therapy, a classic adaptive immunotherapy has been applied to the prevention and treatment of many infectious diseases for more than one century. Convalescent plasma (CP) or Passive antibody therapy provides a person with already developed antibodies to fight corona virus. This plasma treatment holds injecting of blood plasma who have recovered from this infection, so that another patients immune system can boost up. These antibodies are produced by immune cells “B lymphocytes” found in blood plasma. Abstract: Convalescent plasma (CP )theory was first used in 1918 during the Spanish influenza outbreak. Over the past two decades, CP was successfully used in 2003 for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Covid Apedemic 1, in 2007 for influenza A (H5N1), 2009 when influenza A (H1N1) pandemic with satisfactory efficacy and safety. An analysis from 32 studies of SARS coronavirus infection and severe influenza showed a statistically significant reduction in the pooled odds of mortality following CP therapy, compared with placebo. Since the virological and clinical characteristics share similariy among SARS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS), and COVID-19, CP therapy might be a promising thrapy to rescue COVID-19 patients. This is an old technique as horse serum is used for creating vaccine......
India is set to get the primary and much-needed rapid antibody test kits from China for quick detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes covid-19. A total of 650,000 kits, including rapid anti-body tests and RNA extraction kits, have been dispatched from Guangzhou Airport to India. (source: live mint) Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said that these testing kits have been provided by two separate companies, Lieozon and Wanflo, and claim to be highly accurate and realistic. The head of ICMR Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar also said that these tests are meant to detect anti-bodies, which implies that they are essential for surveillance and not meant for early diagnosis. Importance of testing: Testing is window to the pandemic and how it is spreading. Without testing we have no way to comprehend the pandemic. It is one of the most vital tools in the fight to slow and reduce the spread and impact of the virus. It will enable the isolation of those who are infected and the tracing and quarantining their contacts. The results of these tests take around 30 minutes. Doctors and healthcare workers can determine the......
The 1st National Nursing conference on Filling the gaps in Primary Health Care Challenges for Nurse Practitioners. The Students of M.Sc. Nursing 1st Year and Faculty Members Of Community Health Nursing from AKAL COLLEGE Of NURSING have attended the event in DMC & H, Ludhiana...