REVIEW
COVID-19 Pathology and Countermeasures
—Necessity of Severity Prevention Self-care—
2020 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 142-152
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2020 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 142-152
Objective : This paper aims to evaluate the necessity and possibility of a secondary prevention of COVID-19 by examing the latest findings of its pathology and preventative measures for the new infection.
Methods : Articles relevant to pathologies and measures against COVID-19 were chosen from the databases “Japanese Journal of Clinical Radiology” and “MEDLINE” with the keywords “COVID-19, immune system, treatment” on April 4, 2020.
Results : Thirty-two relevant articles were found on MEDLINE. These articles investigated the treatment of COVID-19 in the following three ways ; treatment focusing the pathology of COVID-19 and the cytokine storm mechanism, the management of the immunity system, and treatment with monoclonal antibody.
Discussion : The findings suggest that the essence of COVID-19’s pathology is the overreacton of the immune system and that it is possible to suppress the severity of COVID-19 symptoms even after the virus has entered the body. Thus, it is necessary to alert ourselves that we have an effective way of secondary prevention as a self-care that can be better by ourselves so as not to incite the social unrest.
