Thread by @adhicutting

6 months since I had COVID-19 and it still continues to trouble. Am not a doc so no advices, just my experience & learnings:

https://twitter.com/adhicutting/status/1314167809644126209

If you haven't got it yet:
1. Avoid catching the virus. Wear mask, etc you know the drill.

2. Instead of kadha & random churans, eat very nutritious food according to your body's req. Have multivits if you need.
3. Workout. Do yoga, strength training, breathing exercises

I had switched to a healthy lifestyle just a few months before I caught the infection. Thanks to that, my body dealt with the virus very effortlessly, despite lot of worries by others since I have v bad bronchitis + had very high BP (hypertensive) regularly at that point.

Even when I had COVID-19, I continued doing stretching, yoga, Pranayam daily with doctor's advice.

If you get asymptomatic/mild symptoms COVID-19:

1. Rest a LOT. The lesser you rest, the more fatigued you'll feel once the infection is over.

2. Play brain games. Brain fogging after COVID-19 is very very real. I'd play on Luminosity, solve problems & from my old quant & logical reasoning books.

3. Eat nutritious food. I was asked to add an extra scoop of whey in my diet to ensure I have enough protein to avoid muscle loss (it's muscle loss that results in post COVID fatigue that lasts very very long).

4. Sleep as much as you can, as long as you feel. Ref point 1.

5. Drink tons of water. I've been drinking 4-5 Litres of water since I got COVID-19.
Also coconut water ❤️

6. Take all your meds properly under doctor's supervision. I was put off Azithromycin after first 4 days, only multivitamins after that.

7. Ask your doctor and do some stretching/Yoga. @yogawithadriene has some nice, very light yoga videos. Anything that doesn't exert your lungs during COVID is good, I was told.

8. You will have fatigue even months after recovering. Don't feel guilty, sleep when you feel like.

9. I got detected with Parosmia 6 months after recovering. Chocolate, jam, capsicum taste like absolute garbage to me now. A friend who also got COVID-19 can't eat cumin anymore.

10. Weird, new things will keep happening. Keep an eye on any changes you see in your body, consult your doctor without hesitation. All good chances the doc must have seen more cases like yours. My doc also told me of some patients whose eye sights have weakened after COVID-19.

And take sunlight if possible.

11. Last but not the least, please shower everyday. Keep your room clean, hygienic. Have a schedule.

12. Have a post-COVID recovery plan. Your body would have lost a lot of stamina, fatigue will pop up anytime, anywhere for a long long time. Re-build 💪