Relative in hospital with covid pneumonia. Last day of remdesevir use tomorrow and then only dealing with inflammation. High flow O2 70% environment decreased to 40% environment. Has anyone dealt with this before? Please any advice is helpful. This seems like a good sign but would like to know about similar experiences thank you.
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Get him some fish oil! I was just reminding some doctors about these studies. Fish oil capsules, 3 grams per day, or 3000 mg per day. Can he tolerate a larger pill? If not they make smaller pills. Big issue is burping if it’s a problem can smell fishy. They sell deodorized tabs with lemon. I want to post some studies on how fish oil lowers full body inflammation and can do that. Otherwise trust me, I do diet and nutritional teaching specific to clinical implications in nursing.
Better is a higher end fish oil capsules, but best is cod liver oil and I recommend Nordic Naturals. This tastes like lemon and is very tolerable. If you paste: Nordic Naturals cod liver oil into the search bar you can order online.
I HIGHLY recommend this to reduce overall body inflammation after he is done with his dexamethasone. Together it would be too much, fish oil suppresses inflammation going forward and will combat long covid.
It will prevent heart attacks and strokes and is a mild natural blood thinner.
You must ask his pharmacist if he’s on any contraindications with his other meds. You simply do this by calling the pharmacy where he gets his meds and asking, “can you pull up my dads medication profile and tell me if it would be safe for him to take fish oil supplements?”
This will aggressively promote his health in more ways than I can teach. It’s an essential fatty acid we don’t get and unless he eats salmon and tuna three times a week, he’s deficient. Doctors are just now starting to address it but they don’t enough, leading a lot of problems.