Is Muscle Pain a Symptom of COVID-19?
What to know about muscle pain and COVID-19 infections. health.com,May 2, 2022
A February 2020 report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that, among more than 55,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China, only 14.8% of patients reported muscle or joint pain. That’s significantly less than the number of patients who reported a fever (87.9%) and dry cough (67.7%), and still less common than other symptoms like fatigue (38.1%) and shortness of breath (18.6%). It is, however, slightly more common than a sore throat (13.9%), headache (13.6%), and chills (11.4%).
According to Dr. Barzin, “muscle soreness from exercise can be relieved by icing, rolling, light stretching, massage, and light aerobic activity before starting your workout routine.”
But when muscle pain is caused by COVID-19 or another viral infection, treatment looks a little different. Charles Odonkor, MD, a Yale Medicine physiatrist and pain medicine specialist, said bed rest, fluid hydration, and general symptom management with pain relievers like acetaminophen or NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) like aspirin and ibuprofen could help with COVID-related muscle pain. However, if you don’t feel relief from the above recommendations, you should seek medical care.
Do vitamin D, zinc, and other supplements help prevent COVID-19 or hasten healing?
从申论的角度,这个结论并不正确。
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Indeed, zinc, melatonin, vitamin C, vitamin D, and other supplements have been commonly prescribed from the earliest days of the pandemic.
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Based on the science, there is reason to be hopeful that supplements such as vitamin C or D, zinc, or melatonin might help in the fight against COVID-19. While there’s no proof yet that they do, additional research could show a benefit in certain situations, or with a different dose or formulation of the supplement. So it’s worth keeping an open mind.