Oral and Gut Health Can Play an Important Role in Psychosomatic Illness Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients
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With physicians and patients fearful of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), this has a profound impact on the working and
personal life and living style of individuals. In United States (U.S.), around 10.7% reported perceiving severe thoughts of hurting
themselves and contemplating suicide as a reaction. There is a 3-4 times rise in the incidence of mental well-being disorders in
the past year relative to the year prior as reported in the article in US. It was also confirmed that salivary glands of throats had
affected by coronavirus and many patients infected have developed dysgeusia and anosmia which are also happened to be found
in patients taking angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers, thus pointing out the role
of ACE receptors for entry of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Reducing technologic use and
addiction would be feasible by adequate sleep and preventing during work hours through reducing task triggering anxiety-related
use of mobile phones. Consuming plenty of Vitamin C can protect against such viral infections. Study have also shown that sufficient vitamin D supplementation could boost humoral and cellular immune responses and reduce intestinal leakiness among
COVID-19 infected population.
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