Benefits Of Vitamin C, D, E, And Zinc For COVID-19 Patients

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JAKARTA - Vitamins C, D, E, and multivitamins containing zinc are recommended for consumption by COVID-19 patients. But what are the real benefits of the content of these drugs?

Medical Senior Manager of PT Kalbe Farma Doctor Esther Kristiningrum shared some facts about the benefits of vitamin and zinc content to help the body recover from someone who was exposed to SARS-CoV-2.

“Vitamin C is useful for antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. It functions as an immunomodulator to support proliferation, neutrophils, monocytes, phagocytes and increases the chemotaxis and phagocytic ability of neutrophils and increases body activity," said doctor Esther, quoted by Antara, Thursday, July 8.

Furthermore, for the content of vitamin D, doctor Esther has the general function of helping anti-inflammatory effects in the body and increasing the response of the innate immune.

Scientifically, this vitamin can increase the epithelial barrier and regulate the response of the immune system.

For vitamin E, people who consume it will benefit from the production of antibodies. This vitamin, which is also known to provide antioxidant benefits, also helps the body maintain the integrity of cell membranes, increases the activity of macrophages, NK cells, and increases the proliferation of T lymphocyte cells.

Lastly, for the zinc content, multivitamins containing zinc are given to patients with COVID-19 to help the body inhibit virus replication.

This content functions to maintain the epithelial and mucociliary barrier of the airways, becomes an important cofactor in several enzymes involved in the immune system, increases the activity of NK cells & macrophages, plays a role in proliferation, differentiation, maturation of lymphocytes and other leukocytes.

Seeing these benefits, it is important for people with COVID-19 to consume vitamins C, D, E, and Zinc.

Vitamins and Zinc are also included in the drug package provided through 11 telemedicine services to help Indonesians carry out the self-isolation process if exposed to COVID-19 if they experience mild or even asymptomatic symptoms.

Through telemedicine services, the public can get a consultation with a doctor and be given a prescription for a package of drugs for 10 days to carry out self-isolation.

Kalbe Farma through its subsidiary, KlikDokter, is also involved in providing self-isolation telemedicine services initiated by the Indonesian Ministry of Health.

There are also other telemedicine services that can be referred to for COVID-19 treatment through self-isolation besides KlikDokter, including the AloDokter, GoodDoctor, Halodoc, Klinikgo, SehatQ, YesDok, ProSehat, LinkSehat, MILVIK, and Getwell applications.

This application can be downloaded and installed on your smartphone both on Android and iPhone.