Isolate and protect: Mild gradients can be cured at home. Photo: Gambarini, dpa
A mild course of Covid-19 can easily be cured at home. But what is the best way to get through the infection? “Actually, you can recommend the same measures as for any cold infection,” says Pfaffenhofen family doctor Christian Leitner. “Ibuprofen or paracetamol help against complaints such as headaches and body aches.” In addition, regular airing makes sense. Otherwise one cannot recommend much. Unfortunately, there are still no medications that can end the disease more quickly.
“With its rather mild course, the virus has lost its malignancy,” says the doctor. “People used to be shocked when the PCR test came back positive.” Today they reacted more calmly. Nevertheless, Leitner warns that you can still have symptoms even after the free test from quarantine – and that you are still contagious. “Cough, headache, exhaustion can last up to two to three weeks,” he says. In addition, fitness enthusiasts should not start their training too early. “I wouldn’t recommend doing any sport for four weeks,” advises Leitner. Especially since the quick tests are not so reliable. “You should stay at home with symptoms,” says the doctor.
Therefore, some employers require a PCR test before employees return to the company from quarantine. “We do that with medical staff or employees in a care facility, but not with a truck driver,” says Leitner. Because the PCR laboratories are at the limit with their capacities. Currently, everyone in their practice still gets a PCR test after a positive quick test or when the Corona app warns. “But people have to wait a little longer for the result.”
The doctor is convinced that the vaccination protects against severe courses. It is true that many people who have been vaccinated three times would also become infected. “But I don’t know of any of my boosted patients who have tested positive and are in the clinic or even in the intensive care unit.”
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