In the current Corona crisis, which we all find ourselves in, people react differently. Some individuals choose to ignore the global crisis, others work on conspiracy theories, some panic and buy all the toilet paper, and others choose to put up a fight. This article will help you design Your Lifestyle To Fight Corona.

Stay at home

The first and most important way to fight Corona is to follow the various lockdown strategies and practice social distancing. It’s the only way your country’s medical system will stand a chance of helping sick people. It’s also the easiest way to avoid infection and protect your family. If you must leave the house, please practice good hygiene and stay more than 2m away from anybody.

Hygiene

While at home or work, please ensure you have hand sanitiser with at least 70% alcohol available throughout the house. This is important to prevent the virus from spreading from one person’s hand to another person or surface.

Temperature

By monitoring anybody who enters the house or premises for temperature, you can easily spot the symptoms of Corona and be extra careful or deny entry. By regularly monitoring symptoms, you can determine if a person is showing symptoms and contact the doctor or take him for a Corona test.

Mask and Gloves

Although wearing a mask and gloves might feel overkill, this could save your life. The internet has many clever ways to build your mask from a used plastic bottle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36LvT19o7Cc

The best way to protect yourself from contracting Corona is to wear a respirator that filters the air you breathe. The filter cartridge could be filled with activated carbon, which will ensure the virus does not reach you.

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Immune System

By ensuring your immune system is strong to fight the virus, you reduce your chances of dying from the virus if infected. The best way to strengthen your immune system is:

  • Getting enough sleep
  • Reduce inflammation (less sugar, alcohol, vegetable oil and processed meat)
  • Exercise
  • Reduced stress
  • Reduce toxins (detox your liver)
  • Consume vitamins (Vitamin C, B, D and Zink)

Respiratory exercise

The biggest problem with Corona is that it attacks your respiratory system. The only way to fight against the virus is to strengthen your respiratory system before you contract the virus. Older people, especially, will struggle to breathe, and their lungs often cannot expand again after breathing out. In this case, you would require some back pressure on your lungs to keep them open or a ventilator that can fill your lungs with air again. In Bangladesh, a doctor made a ventilator with an old shampoo bottle that helps babies breathe with pneumonia. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40498395

Exercising different breathing techniques to strengthen your lungs daily can prepare yourself for Corona if the virus reaches you. Some examples of respiratory exercises can be seen at https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/fitness/power-your-lungs-to-fight-coronavirus-7-exercises-that-can-increase-your-lung-capacity/photostory/74730085.cms

Ventilators

If you contract the coronavirus and become ill, only the symptoms can be treated with medicine, but you must wait it out. About 17% of cases become very ill and need a ventilator. Most countries don’t have enough ventilators for this type of disaster, and in many cases, people die because ventilators are in shortage. The best way to get some insurance is to get your hands on a ventilator. Each home should have at least one ventilator, like a fire extinguisher for an emergency. You get expensive ventilators that cost you upwards of USD 20,000 per ventilator, and you will have to wait a long time for them. You can also purchase basic emergency ventilators between USD 2000 and 3000 dollars per item. These ventilators would be a lot better than nothing. If you cannot afford the emergency ventilator, you can purchase an Ambu bag, valve, and mask, costing about USD 50. The Ambu bag would thus have to be energized manually by someone physically standing over the sick patient and squeezing the bag. This is not very practical, but it could be used with some rotation schedule for the people squeezing the bag in desperate times.

Following these practical guidelines could avoid disaster during this Coronavirus emergency. It’s your responsibility towards the rest of society to be safe and do everything in your power to fight back against this epidemic.

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