Editor's Note:
Nearly a month after the sealing, the whole of Shanghai has become an island in the fog, with no way to see the front and no end in sight.
In the true or false rumors, repeated debunking rumors, breeding anxiety about the future, fear of the new crown, dissatisfaction with reality... All kinds of emotions are intertwined, outlining the faces of all beings under the epidemic.
Most of these emotions stem from the unknown, and the unknown is the most terrible. What we want to do to eliminate these unknowns, to bring a glimmer of light to everyone in the fog.
To this end, we interviewed many time-school readers who have recovered after being infected with the new crown, hoping to get close to the new crown with you, understand the new crown, and finally overcome the fear of the new crown.
Respondents
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Name: Zizza
Gender: Female
Age: 38 years old
Strain: Delta
Residence: Melbourne, Australia
On Monday, December 6, 2021, Zizza received a notice from the eldest son's school that a classmate in the class had been diagnosed and needed to take the child for a nucleic acid test.
Zizza lives with her husband and two sons (aged 8 and 6) in Melbourne, Australia, the world's longest-locked city. Since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, the city has been locked down for 6 times, which lasted more than 260 days, and after the lockdown was lifted in October last year, the epidemic situation is still up and down.
Before the test results came out, Zizza had a bad premonition in her heart. At that time, the child showed symptoms such as tiredness and drowsiness, and even burned to 38 ° C at one point. Because the symptoms were not too severe, Zizza gave the child some Panadol (a fever reducer) and supplemented with vitamin C, hoping to help the child strengthen his resistance.
Photo note: Excerpt from Zizza's "The Diary of an Eight-Year-Old Elementary School Student and Myself in the New Crown Delta"
Photo note: Medications taken by the eldest son during infection /Courtesy of Zizza
When the test results came out on Tuesday, even if the child still had a low-grade fever, he was already fine. "(Children) usually have a cold and fever to 38 ° C, and may have a sore throat, and the whole person is uncomfortable. The infection was easier than usual with a cold, and there had been no symptoms since Monday, not even a cold and cough. ”
As for when the child turned yin, Zizza herself could not say.
In Melbourne, where she is located, the land is sparsely populated, and when the lockdown is the most stringent, supermarkets, restaurants, takeaways, and express deliveries are still operating normally. As long as the 5 km principle is not violated (not more than 5 km away from home), people can still go out for walks and walk their dogs, except that they cannot invite friends to play at home, which basically has no impact on daily life. Later, it was unsealed, even if it was diagnosed positive, the local government only required the patient to isolate himself at home for 7 days, and then there was no need to do nucleic acid testing, "by default, you will definitely be fine for 7 days."
While the eldest son recovered quickly, Zizza, who had received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, was recruited, and miraculously, her husband who ate and lived with her and her 6-year-old young son were still safe.
Image note: The eldest son and Zizza test positive SMS notification /Courtesy of Zizza
When the infection was discovered or Zizza was cooking, she was the chef of the family, single-handedly handling the family's meals. As a result, one day the rice was ready to taste the taste, how to eat the dish is how difficult to eat, and the soup is not the usual taste at all. Later, she realized that this was because of the loss of taste after the infection, and along with the loss of smell.
There are examples of the eldest son recovering before, Zizza is not anxious after the infection, even if she eats anything like chewing wax, she remains optimistic, and even has the mood to be happy, taking advantage of the loss of taste to record a video of eating lemon raw.
Photo note: Excerpt from Zizza's "The Diary of an Eight-Year-Old Elementary School Student and Myself in the New Crown Delta"
But behind the optimism there are also some unquenchable worries. She will not be able to resist looking up some information on the sequelae of the new crown on the Internet, and found that some people infected with the new crown have not fully recovered their sense of taste and smell after half a year of recovery. Fortunately, before she could panic about this, almost 3-4 days after the infection was confirmed, her sense of smell and taste slowly recovered. Because the speed of healing was too fast, the recovery olfactory essential oil she bought online had not yet arrived home, and it had lost its place.
Figure note: On December 16, the 4th day after the diagnosis, Zizza self-test turned negative /Zizza provided the picture
But COVID-19 also has some sequelae. Now Zizza occasionally feels a little unstable in her heart rate. She also has hay fever herself, and once after recovering, she encountered a pollen thunderstorm and obviously felt that she could not breathe. To be on the safe side, Zizza plans to go to the hospital for a full checkup when she has time.
Now that half a year has passed, Zizza's sense of smell and taste has been fully restored, and she has not felt anything other than anything else, but sometimes she can't smell the smell, "Very magical, I don't know if this is a benefit?" ”
Enhances immunity
After the eldest son was infected, one day at about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the younger son, who usually never took a nap, suddenly cried tired and made a fuss about going to bed. Because the eldest son also showed symptoms of fatigue and drowsiness before his diagnosis, Zizza was a little worried about whether the younger son was also infected. But after a nap, the younger son was fine, showed no other symptoms, and the self-test was always negative.
Zizza speculated that the younger son may have been infected, but because of his strong immunity, he successfully defeated the virus. She believes that her and her eldest son's rapid recovery, as well as the safety and security of her husband and young son, are related to the fact that her eating habits are relatively healthy and immune.
Illustration: Two children learning / Courtesy of Zizza
She is currently studying a registered dietitian course, has a better understanding of nutrition, and naturally applies what she has learned when cooking at home on weekdays: "Generally it is meat and vegetarian combinations, meat dishes will choose lean meat, fish and shrimp, and there will be more leafy vegetables in vegetarian dishes." Cooking is also put a little oil to fry a stir-fry, or steaming, minimize seasonings, with oil and salt are very careful, overall relatively flat. ”
In addition, as an anti-aging expert, various supplements are also Zizza's favorite. Although the academic community believes that we can consume enough nutrients through a healthy diet, we do not need to take additional supplements. But Zizza finds it difficult to do this with diet alone: "A certain food is good, but to achieve an anti-aging dose, it needs to be eaten in large quantities to be effective, but it is not realistic to cook a large pot of broccoli every day." Another example is fruit, although it is said to be healthy, but the sugar content in many fruits is relatively high, so I still prefer supplements. ”
In foreign countries, taking dietary supplements, vitamins is a very common thing, Zizza usually comes into contact with a lot of relevant information, family doctors will also recommend corresponding supplements according to personal needs.
Zizza's daily diet is mostly a combination of supplements, and the ingredient list is luxurious, including Coenzyme Q10, Biotin, Probiotics, 2-HOBA, Astragaloside A, Rutin, Curcumin, VC, Zinc, Selenium, Methyl Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, NMN, Pterostilbene, Astaxanthin, Carnosine, Vitamin D3, Vitamin B2, Esquila, Apigenin, Olivolithin, Berberine, Soxarin A, Lipoic Acid... In her words, it is "silent effort, rolling others to death."
Illustration: Zizza supplement /Zizza courtesy of
At the end of the interview, Zizza warned everyone to relax in the face of the epidemic, after all, it is always necessary to come, and it is impossible to prevent it. What we can do is to work hard to strengthen immunity, so that we can have a fight in the face of the new crown.
"Improving immunity still needs to be implemented in daily life, so that you can be protected at critical moments." Otherwise, when the epidemic comes, you will start eating a healthy diet and take more supplements, which will not make much sense. ”
Reporter/Fox Haze (Time School Research Institute)
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