BHUBANESWAR: Bibhuti Bhushan Patra, 50-year-old businessman along with many others in his household tested positive for Covid-19 in August this past year.
He also lost his dad to the deadly virus while his younger brother needed to be hospitalised because his condition deteriorated.
However, Covid altered his life forever.
“I have a lesson of my own life.
After recovering from this virus, then I chose to begin exercising regularly and keep my fitness as far as you can, which wasn’t a priority earlier.
Even physicians said those who have a sedentary lifestyle becoming infected or have complications.
Now I cycle to get 10-15 kilometers daily,” said Patra.
Like him, lots of folks who’ve recovered from Covid-19 are embracing healthy way of life and seeking to boost their immunity and keep healthy with routine workouts, yoga, biking, gardening and bringing in shift in eating habits.
Tarun Kumar Nanda (43) needed to be admitted into hospital following his oxygen level began falling and has been retained in oxygen assistance .
After recovering from the disease Nanda has brought significant changes in his diet plan and also contained healthy and immunity fostering food.
“Before I used to consume more non-vegetarian meals however after testing positive for Covid-19I have begun eating salads, vegetables and fruits and fruits.
After altering my diet I’m feeling fitter and lighter while before I was feel lethargic because of my own food tastes which had large quantity of oil, spices and fat,” Nanda said.
Doctors said patients afflicted by Covid-19 should practice some sort of exercise based on the seriousness of the disease they’d, endurance and capacity.
“There are different groups of exercises and advice to mild, moderate and acute Covid patients.
Moderate and patients aren’t advised to begin demanding physical exercises promptly after recovering from the disease.
They ought to begin gradually with breathing and crunches.
Shaking and proning assist alleviate congestion and promotes immunity,” explained Dr Sibani Sankar Tripathy, physiotherapist in AMRI Hospitals, Bhubaneswar.
“Yet, many individuals that got infected through the next wave are facing more problems than people in the initial.
Many patients that are recovering from Covid-19 are confronting issues such as brain and heart stroke and itching of diabetic individuals,” Tripathy added.
Covid Regained switching to a Healthy lifestyle
