If you’ve been infected with SARS-CoV-2, it’s likely that you’ll feel some after-effects of the disease and have doubts about how you should proceed post-Covid to recover from some symptoms and protect yourself from possible re-infection.
\nHere’s a quick and simple guide with 5 tips for returning to normal life after infection with the virus.
\nRemember that this information is of a general nature and that depending on the severity of your illness, recovery from some sequelae may require different types of medical follow-up and happen at different rates.
\nAlways consult your health professional, as we recommend in tip 5 of this brief guide. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315“<\/a> src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oaddLBnHJSA”<\/a> title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n Once discharged, you can return to your normal life, but to protect others and yourself, you should continue to wear a mask, respect social distancing and practice correct and regular hand hygiene.<\/p>\n Once you have finished isolating yourself and before allowing other people back into your space, clean and sanitize the surfaces you came into contact with while you were infected.<\/p>\n Like everyone else, you should try to eat a healthy diet with balanced portions. Tiredness and fatigue are common symptoms in the post-Covid-19 recovery. The sequelae caused by COVID-19 are still being studied by the scientific community. At SEPRI, we’re still here for you and can help you through all the stages of diagnosis and recovery. If you have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, it is likely that you will feel some after-effects of the disease and have questions about how you should proceed post-Covid to return to your normal life, recover from some symptoms and protect yourself from possible re-infection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sepri.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Continue to follow general disease prevention measures<\/h3>\n
Cleaning and disinfecting post-isolation spaces<\/h3>\n
Eating a regular diet, even if your taste buds haven’t fully recovered yet<\/h3>\n
\nIf you still don’t have the appetite to eat, stick to the quantities of food appropriate to your nutritional and energy needs. <\/p>\nRest and gradually resume physical activity<\/h3>\n
\nListen to your body and respect the time you need to rest, even if that means sleeping longer than usual.
\nIt’s important to gradually reintroduce physical activity into your daily life, respecting your rhythm. <\/p>\nReceive medical attention<\/h3>\n
\nMonitor your symptoms after infection.
\nIf necessary, have a check-up with your doctor for a better clinical assessment. <\/p>\n
\nSome clinical specialties, such as psychology and physiotherapy, can play an important role in your return to normal life Call 253 271 525 if you need support.
\nThe Covid-19 testing line is 932 467 755. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"