Covid-19 symptoms: What it’s like to have Covid-19
About this Film
Stephie Nics is a young beauty & lifestyle YouTuber. During the first wave of the Covid-19 flu pandemic, she and her whole family contracted the virus. In a manner typical for YouTubers, she shares her experience in vivid detail. What are the Covid-19 symptoms and what is it like to have the disease How her familly became sick? How are they dealing with it? Is it as bad as people say it is? She also aims to make a strong note: watch the film to find out what it is!
Facts about the first wave of Covid-19 infections
As described by Stephie Nics in her video above, COVID-19 symptoms are similar to the seasonal flu, and most people (80%) experience only mild illness. However, Covid-19 can make some people very ill (20%). Fatality is rare, only 1%. It’s clear that having a compromised immune system because of a pre-existing illness, old age (70+), or obesity has a huge impact on how the disease develops in people. 80% of the people who are hospitalized and intubated are obese with a BMI of over 30. So, in a way, you could say 80% of the people infected by the Coronavirus become very ill because of obesity, not of Covid-19
Why do some people appear to handle a SARS-CoV-2 infection without developing symptoms, while it’s fatal to others? Some factors, like age, and pre-existing health issues like obesity, diabetes and cardio-vascular problems have been easy to identify, but there’s still a broad spectrum of responses among individuals that remains unexplained. Although obesity, for example, is a significant risk factor, not every obese person develops severe Covid-19 symptoms. So, what is it with the virus that some people can’t handle?
There’s a growing body of evidence that at least some of the problems caused by SARS-CoV-2 are the result of how the virus manipulates the immune system in order to maintain an infection. This is more likely to happen if your are older, male, or obese.
Covid-19 Symptoms
- Fever (90%)
- Dry cough. (70%)
- Fatique (55%)
- Loss of appetite (40%)
- Loss of taste or smell
- Shortness of breath (35%)
- Mucus (25%)
- Chills (11%)
- Muscle pain (25%)
- Headache (15%)
You do not get ill because you are infected, But because your immune system fails to handle the infection properly
While washing our hands and social distancing prevent the spread of infection, having a healthy lifestyle prevents people from becoming seriously ill. We live in a world however, where more than 50% of the people are obese, diabetic, or have neglected cardio-vascular issues. Note also that 80% of the people on IC with serious Covid-19 complications are obese. Therefore without a lockdown, the IC capacity would soon be vastly overcharged, breaking healthcare system and introducing military triage. From this perspective, today’s real pandemic is not Corona, but obesity.
How the immune system works
The immune system is a complex set of elements that defends the body against infections by virusses, bacteria or toxics. It keeps a record of every microbe it has ever defeated, in types of white blood cells (B- and T-lymphocytes) known as memory cells. This means it can recognise and destroy the microbe quickly if it enters the body again, before it can multiply and make you feel sick. But sometimes it fails, and in some people (20%) it fails desperately when trying to fight off the Coronavirus. Is it possible to prevent the failure of immune respons and boost your immune system? Yes you can!
Daily excercise
The immune system is precisely what it sais it is — a system, not a single entity. To function well, it requires balance and harmony. To keep your defenses optima forma, you need daily excercise. Don’t allow your body to become rusty. Keep the blood flowing. It improves cardiovascular health, lowers blood pressure, helps control body weight, and promotes good circulation, which allows the cells and substances of the immune system to move through the body freely and do their job efficiently. Now, when a virus invades, your body mechanics are geared and smeared to fend off the attack. It’s like with a car, don’t push the pedal to the medal right after you take it out of the garage on cold winter morning.
Eat to live, don’t live to eat.
To excercise and maintain an active life, your body needs energy, proper food. The immune system is made up of many different kinds of cells that protect the body from germs, viruses and other invaders. These cells need to co-exist in a certain balance for good health to be maintained. Excess fat around the abs tip the instricate balance within the immune system, creating immune cells that can harm, rather than protect, our bodies. Scientists have known for some time that excess body fat, particularly abdominal fat, triggers the production of so-called “pro-inflammatory” immune cells, which circulate in the blood and promote inflammation in our bodies. Such chronic inflammation has been linked with coronary artery disease and other health problems. In addition, other inflammatory immune cells, known as macrophages, are also turned on within fat tissue. Australian researchers found that for obese individuals, shedding just 10 pounds could straighten out an off-balance immune system.
Reduce prolonged stress.
Stress is caused by fear of losing (a job, money, social status, friends etc) or dying. When we’re stressed, the immune system’s ability to fight off hostiles is reduced because the stress hormone corticosteroid lowers the number of white bloodcells. Stress is linked to the six leading causes of death: heart-disease, camcer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosid of the liver and suicide.
