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WHO welcomes preliminary results about dexamethasone use in treating critically ill COVID-19 patients The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) that show dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, can be lifesaving for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19. For patients on ventilators, the treatment was shown to reduce mortality by abo...

A cheap and widely available drug called dexamethasone can help save the lives of patients who are seriously ill with coronavirus.

UK experts say the low-dose steroid treatment is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus.

It cut the risk of death by a third for patients on ventilators. For those on oxygen, it cut deaths by a fifth.

The drug is part of the world's biggest trial testing existing treatments to see if they also work for coronavirus.

Researchers estimate that if the drug had been available in the UK from the start of the coronavirus pandemic up to 5,000 lives could have been saved. Because it is cheap, it could also be of huge benefit in poor countries struggling with high numbers of Covid-19 patients.

Life-saver

About 19 out of 20 patients who get coronavirus get better without coming to hospital. Of those who are admitted to hospital, most also get better, but some may need oxygen or mechanical ventilation. These are the high risk patients that dexamethasone appears to help.

The drug is already used to reduce inflammation in a range of other conditions, and it appears that it helps stop some of the damage that can happen when the body's immune system goes into overdrive as it tries to fight off coronavirus.



The body's over-reaction is called a cytokine storm and it can be deadly.

In the trial, lead by a team from Oxford University, around 2,000 hospital patients were given dexamethasone and were compared with nearly 4,000 who did not get the drug.

For patients on ventilators it cut death risk from 40% to 28%. For patients needing oxygen it cut death risk from 25% to 20%.

Chief investigator Prof Peter Horby said: "This is the only drug so far that has been shown to reduce mortality and it reduces it significantly. It's a major breakthrough."

Lead researcher Prof Martin Landray says the findings suggest that for every eight patients needing ventilators that you treat, you could save one life.

Corona Virus disease 2019
Prevention
Avoid contact with people who are sick
Stay home when you are sick
Clean your hands often
Clean all high-touch surfaces regularly
Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue
Symptoms
Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure
Fever, Cough or Shortness of breath
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Take this treatment for 5 nights before going to bed because it should act while you’re relaxing at night and your body isn’t stressed.
A branch of parsley or coriander
A cucumber
A spoonful of honey
A spoonful of lemon juice
A spoonful of aloe vera gel
A spoonful of ground ginger
Half a glass of water

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HIV, AIDS, and the CD4 Count
CD4 cells are a type of white blood cell that fights infection. Another name for them is T-helper cells. CD4 cells are made in the spleen, lymph nodes, and thymus gland, which are part of the lymph or infection-fighting system.
CD4 cells move throughout your body, helping to identify and destroy germs such as bacteria and viruses.
The CD4 count measures the number of CD4 cells in a sample of your blood drawn by a needle from a vein in your arm.
Along with other tests, the CD4 count helps tell how strong your immune system is, indicates the stage of your HIV disease, guides treatment, and predicts how your disease may progress.
Keeping your CD4 count high can reduce complications of HIV disease and extend your life.
How HIV Affects CD4 Cells
HIV targets CD4 cells by:
Binding to the surface of CD4 cells
Entering CD4 cells and becoming a part of them.
As CD4 cells multiply to fight infection, they also make more copies of HIV.
Continuing to replicate, leading to a gradual decline of CD4 cells
HIV can destroy entire "families" of CD4 cells.
Then the diseases these "families" were designed to fight can easily take over. That's when opportunistic infections are likely to develop.
Count Test
Your doctor will recommend a CD4 count test:
When you're first diagnosed with HIV.
This is called a baseline measurement. It allows you to compare against future measurements.
About two to eight weeks after starting or changing treatment.
Every three to six months.
What the CD4 Count Test Results Mean.
CD4 counts are reported as the number of cells in a cubic millimeter of blood.
A normal CD4 count is from 500 to 1,500 cells per cubic millimeter of blood. It is more important to pay attention to the pattern of results than to any one test result.
In general, HIV disease is progressing if the CD4 count is going down.
This means the immune system is getting weaker and you are more likely to get sick. In some people, CD4 counts can drop dramatically, even going down to zero.
The test does not always correspond with how well you are feeling. For example, some people can have high CD4 counts and do poorly.
Others can have low CD4 counts and have few complications.
If your CD4 count goes down over several months, your doctor may recommend:
Beginning or changing antiretroviral therapy.
Starting preventive treatment for opportunistic infections.
Public health guidelines recommend starting on preventive antiretroviral therapy for all HIV positive patients whether or not there are symptoms.
If therapy is effective, your CD4 count should go up or become stable.
Most doctors recommend starting medication for opportunistic infections at these levels:
Less than 200: pneumocystis pneumonia (P*P).
Less than 50: mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
You should know that other factors can influence how high or low your CD4 count is.
CD4 counts tend to be lower in the morning and higher in the evening.
Acute illnesses such as pneumonia, influenza, or herpes simplex virus infection can cause CD4 counts to go down for a while.
If you have a vaccination or when your body starts to fight an infection, your CD4 counts can go up or down.
Cancer chemotherapy can cause CD4 counts to go way down.
Fatigue and stress can also affect test results

Omeprazole reduces the amount of acid produced in the stomach.

Some omeprazole capsules and tablets should be swallowed whole; others can be mixed with water or fruit juice to make swallowing easier - check the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack for directions.

The most common side-effects are stomach upset and headache. These effects are generally mild and do not last long.

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WHO issues new guidance on HIV self-testing
“By offering HIV self-testing, we can empower people to find out their own HIV status and also to notify their partners and encourage them to get tested as well.

World AIDS Week.... Please KNOW your status, get tested!

Fighting : 's Health ministry releases new guidelines. All those found with the virus to be immediately put on

An infant is at risk for whooping cough until the entire set of vaccination course is completed the first year.

, if left untreated, kills about half of those infected. BCG vaccine protects against Tuberculosis

(TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain

Diabetes can be managed by healthy diet, physical activity & regular check ups. Follow Doctor’s Advice.

If there is a history of asthma in your family, give your baby walnuts, almonds & cashew nuts, finely chopped, as a replacement of Peanuts!

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Of the world’s 7 billion people, 6 billion have mobile phones. Only 4.5 billion have access to toilets or latrines 🚽.
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1 Keep clean
2 Separate raw & cooked foods
3 Cook thoroughly
4 Keep food at safe temperatures
5 Use safe water and raw materials