Ashok Mehendale

Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

Publications

  • Review Article   
    Importance of Supplementation of Vitamin C and Vitamin D in Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19
    Author(s): Chitransha Gaur, Swarupa Chakole* and Ashok Mehendale

    The globe presently has been under the torment of the Corona virus disease which was publicly announced as a health emergency in January 2020 and declared a pandemic on 11th March 2020, which now has become a subject of widespread havoc by mutating at a rapid speed and rendering it as a complete nuisance for the healthcare fraternity. Symptoms include dry cough, weakness and fatigue, fever, severe pneumonia, loss of taste or smell, severe respiratory distress syndrome and may even result in death. This virus creates immune feedback systemically, or creates a cytokine storm by producing inflating levels of chemokine’s and pro-inflammatory cytokines. With new variants being discovered such as omicron which are known to have shown resistance to the presently used vaccines, nutrition is, undoubtedly a key facet of maintaining a strong and sustainable immunity ag.. Read More»

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