> > My friends,
> >
> > Please note the following advice.........
> >
> > The fact of the mysterious pneumonia has been widely spread in HK
> drives
> > me to do a literature review on the suspected cause (i.e.coronavirus)
> of
> > the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).
> >
> > As a biomedical researcher, let me show you my concern and make the
> > following suggestions.
> >
> > The basic mechanism of viral attack is that the viruses replicate
> > themself using the host's (in this case is "our") DNA genetic
> > replication system. By doing this, our body couldn't function well due
> > to the massive viral replication. Supposingly, the immune cells in our
> > body will fight off the infected viruses quickly. However, the viruses
> > are so smart that they could be able to produce some chemical
> substances
> > to cause our immune cells to die. Besides, this coronavirus is a new
> > kind of virus which belongs to a mutated strain and our body cannot
> > recognize it. No antibiotics have been proved to be 100% effective in
> > treating viral infection so far. The only effective way to get rid of
> it
> > is by ourselves. It likes a prolonged battle between the viruses and
> our
> > immune response. In fact, viruses couldn't kill all the immune cells
> in
> > a health individual. The stronger the immune function you have, the
> less
> > the viral injury you get. Therefore, the degree of sickness after
> > infection and the rate of recovery mainly depends on how strong your
> > immune function is.
> >
> > You cannot avoid the infection unless you avoid from those infected
> > individuals/area. But, you can try your best to boost up your immune
> > function by several regimes. Make sure you are "extremely healthy" at
> > least during this critical period. Stronger immune function could keep
> > the viral damage minimal even you were so unluckily being infected.
> > Also, stronger immune function delays the onset of any detrimental
> > effects from the viral infection. Scientists are now working on
> tracking
> > the treatment and so make sure you are still surviving until an
> > effective treatment occurs. The following suggestions aim to
> strengthen
> > your immune function within a short period of time.
> >
> > 1) Antioxidant nutraceuticals: Antioxidants are chemicals found in
> foods
> > which exert a great value in strengthening our immune system. Boost up
> > your immune function by taking a cocktail of antioxidant supplements.
> > - Vitamin E 1000 IU per day. Alpha-tocopherol is the biological active
> > form of vitamin E. There are two forms of it: d-tocopherol and
> > dl-tocopherol. d- is the natural form and dl- is the synthetic form.
> Try
> > to get the d- form because it is absorbed faster in our body.
> > - Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 1000 milligram (mg) daily. Instead of
> taking
> > supplement, you can take 2 pieces of citrus fruits (e.g.orange) a day
> to
> > get the vitamin C.
> > - Beta-carotene, not more than 10000 IU daily
> > - Selenium, 200 microgram daily
> > - Zinc, not more than 500 milligram (mg) daily
> > - Lipoic acid, 50 mg daily
> > - Glutathione, 50 mg daily
> >
> > No any adverse effects have been reported from the above suggested
> > supplementation dose.
> >
> > 2) Let green tea to be your daily beverage because it contains
> > tremendous amount of antioxidant flavonoid, catechins.
> > - Eat more tomatoes, broccoli or fruits and vegetables in red and dark
> > green color. They carry a huge amount of antioxidant carotenoids,
> > lycopene and carotene.
> >
> > 3) No intense physical activities during this critical period! It has
> > been shown that intense exercise will suppress your immune function
> > (related to the upper respiratory infection) even several days
> following
> > your workout. Instead of intense exercise, light-to-moderate workout
> > helps if you have been training regularly.
> >
> > 4) Make sure you get enough carbohydrate foods (e.g. rice, food
> > concentrated in starch... etc) because carbohydrate is the primary
> food
> > for immune cells . Do some Gatorade or Pocari if needed since they are
> > both good sources of carbohydrate.
> >
> > 5) Make sure you get enough sleep and don't make yourself so
> stressful!
> > Anxiety, depression, and tried will influence your body's stress
> > hormones (e.g. catecholamine and glucocorticoids) and so suppress your
> > immune status.
> >
> > 6) Mouth-mask helps despite it is not 100% effective. But it can still
> > decrease the chance from infection.
> >
> > All the above information are supported by peer-reviewed biomedical
> > literatures, that means they are credible and reliable! God bless and
> > really hope that none of you will get infected and I will pray for all
> > of you in every moment!
> >
> > Good luck and take extremely care.
> >
> > Parco M. Siu, MPhil, PhD Candidate
> > West Virginia University School of Medicine