Immune support for Covid

[rdsmommy]

Ladies I'm too tired to research. Dh, dc, and I are all covid positive. We have been taking emergen c since symptoms started. My aunt is telling my mom we should be taking a bunch of supplements but I don't trust her judgement. So if you have researched this and feel confident in recommending immune support supplements, What would your recommend?

Also what have you heard/read about quercetin? TIA

[SewingGreenMama]

Zinc, vit d, vit c, vit a is my go to virus set.

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[rdsmommy]

Zinc, vit d, vit c, vit a is my go to virus set.

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How much of each? The emergen c we have been taking has all of those in it.

[SewingGreenMama]

I just for over a virus.
I took 50mg zinc 2x a day.
I'm feeling much better and dropped it to once a day.
I was taking 2000mg of vit c a day. I've cut back to 1000mg.
If I hadnt run out of vit d3 I would have been taking 10,000ui of vit d, then backing off to 5000ui per day.
Vit a I take about 5000ui a day when sick I don't usually take it when not sick unless my numbers show low. Not everyone needs vit a.
Echinacea is another good option for viruses.

None of this is corona specific, it is what I do for viruses in general.

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[Pragmatist]

Vit D, I would take a megadose of 50,000, IU one time

Vit C, I would do a minimum of 1000mg/day, would increase to bowel tolerance

I also do raw garlic, chop up a clove and swallow it

Praying that you recover quickly :heart

[sweetpeasmommy]

I work take zinc with a meal if you are eating but it will hurt your stomach if you aren’t used to taking much so try starting around 20 mg twice a day and see how that goes.

Vitamin C to bowel tolerance and Vitamin D at least 5,000 IU.

Not immune related but I would take Mucinex if possible to thin secretions and keep them from getting sticky in the lungs. Drinking lots of water will help with that.

I wouldn’t do anything like echinacea or colloidal silver personally because I have a history of autoimmune reactions and this virus likes to try to hijack the immune system to use against people. So I would stick more to immune support.


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[ECingMama]

YES, to querqutin. 500 mg, 3 X a day for a week, then once a day is enough.
Zinc, 50 mg, daily.
50,000 IUI of Vitamin D for two days then drop to 5,000 a day
Personally, I'd take sodium ascorbate or lypospeheric Vitamin C at 1,000 mg every hour or two or until bowel tolerance. I have never gotten to bowel tolerance.



I've given all four to my kids ages 3-13. I wanted to make sure they could take the querqutin prior to being sick. Son needed food. Daughters seemed fine without. I was fine without food. I emptied the pill capsule into 3 spoons, so my kids didn't actually get 500 mg. They weren't sick either, so I don't know if I would have just given them that much.


Above was for you. For my kids, I'd do:
Querquetin, 1/3 capsule, 3X a day
25 mg zinc (pill splitter, then mashed into applesauce)
500 mg of C every two hours (my kids have had this much before, but we use lypospheric C, not emergen C)
2,000 or 5,000 D a couple of times a day for a few days to a week


Truthfully, my kids kick things in 12 hours to 3 days. They are rarely sick. We've been big on C at first sign of illness since 2014. Most people do not use enough. Dr Humphries changed our lives. My 71 year old mom uses it now too, and she's been getting better in 2-3 days too whereas her friends stay sick for weeks. She's sold.


Rest. Less screens. Our MD said to limit stimulation during illness.


I may also do a homeopathic remedy if I have the right one at home or can get to the store.


I can link to C and D studies for covid. There are dozens already. It's very effective both as prevention and as a treatment.

[rdsmommy]

YES, to querqutin. 500 mg, 3 X a day for a week, then once a day is enough.
Zinc, 50 mg, daily.
50,000 IUI of Vitamin D for two days then drop to 5,000 a day
Personally, I'd take sodium ascorbate or lypospeheric Vitamin C at 1,000 mg every hour or two or until bowel tolerance. I have never gotten to bowel tolerance.



I've given all four to my kids ages 3-13. I wanted to make sure they could take the querqutin prior to being sick. Son needed food. Daughters seemed fine without. I was fine without food. I emptied the pill capsule into 3 spoons, so my kids didn't actually get 500 mg. They weren't sick either, so I don't know if I would have just given them that much.


Above was for you. For my kids, I'd do:
Querquetin, 1/3 capsule, 3X a day
25 mg zinc (pill splitter, then mashed into applesauce)
500 mg of C every two hours (my kids have had this much before, but we use lypospheric C, not emergen C)
2,000 or 5,000 D a couple of times a day for a few days to a week


Truthfully, my kids kick things in 12 hours to 3 days. They are rarely sick. We've been big on C at first sign of illness since 2014. Most people do not use enough. Dr Humphries changed our lives. My 71 year old mom uses it now too, and she's been getting better in 2-3 days too whereas her friends stay sick for weeks. She's sold.


Rest. Less screens. Our MD said to limit stimulation during illness.


I may also do a homeopathic remedy if I have the right one at home or can get to the store.


I can link to C and D studies for covid. There are dozens already. It's very effective both as prevention and as a treatment.

Are there any side effects to look out for with quercetin? We have been taking emergency c since the onset of symptoms but it only has 1000mg of C, 1000iu of D, and 10mg of zinc. My mom brought over D3 5000iu, 50 mg zinc, and quercetin???it doesn't say how much it is.

[sweetpeasmommy]

I don’t know about side effects but we avoid quercetin because it contains sulfur and C and I are sulfur sensitive. It’s in a lot of allergy formulations and sulfur donors make out allergy symptoms worse. Google says it can cause headaches, upset stomach and tingling in arms and legs. It says very high doses over 1 gram daily could cause kidney damage.


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[ECingMama]

It really stinks to have to make decisions when you're sick. I'm so sorry you're in this place. Prayers for a quick recovery and for wisdom on what is right for *your* family.

[tempus vernum]

We also have Covid under our roof. Praying for you

Because I work in a Covid floor my doctor gave me a ton of info before we got any positive results

PO = by mouth
BID 2/day
QD 1/day
QID 4/day

Quercetin 1gm po bid. (Moderate strength of evidence, risk of harm minimal)
Curcumin 500-1000 po bid (strength of evidence coincidental, risk of harm minimal)
NAC 600-900mg po bid (strength of evidence limited, risk of harm minimal)
Vitamin D 5000iu po qd (strength of evidence limited, risk of harm minimal)
Melatonin 5-20mg po qd (strength of evidence coincidental, risk of harm minimal)
Vitamin A 10000-25000 iu qd (no data, strength of evidence coincidental)

Elderberry 500mg qd USP standard of 17% anthocyanosides (strength of evidence strong, risk of harm mild w caution w autoimmune disorder)
Vitamin C 1-3 gram po qd (strength of evidence strong, risk of harm minimal)
Zinc 30-60mg daily divided doses (strength of evidence strong, risk of harm minimal)

From “the functional medicine approach to Covid 19”
https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/the-functional-medicine-approach-to-covid-19-virus-specific-nutraceutical-and-botanical-agents/

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Just saw ECIngmamas post and realized you are grappling :hugheart definitely follow your gut.

Also if you want to discuss infection protocol when you have to be caretaker let me know. We have 1 positive, 2 pending, 2 asymptomatic— dd1 is quarantined alone but now Dd2 is sick and a minor and we r taking care of her. I’m using hospital infection protocol minus the googles n95 and contact gown.

Aka bleach and rubbing alcohol, how to handle garbage and bodily fluid trash etc. we even have a protocol for using our toilet and glove removal. I don’t think I realized how much us rubbed off on me from working on a Covid floor

“For the record” we r doing vitamin C, D, zinc . And if taking melatonin or other supplements before this we r continuing.

[rdsmommy]

Also if you want to discuss infection protocol when you have to be caretaker let me know. We have 1 positive, 2 pending, 2 asymptomatic— dd1 is quarantined alone but now Dd2 is sick and a minor and we r taking care of her. I’m using hospital infection protocol minus the googles n95 and contact gown.

Aka bleach and rubbing alcohol, how to handle garbage and bodily fluid trash etc. we even have a protocol for using our toilet and glove removal. I don’t think I realized how much us rubbed off on me from working on a Covid floor

“For the record” we r doing vitamin C, D, zinc . And if taking melatonin or other supplements before this we r continuing.

Honestly for better or worse we haven't been doing any extra cleaning/precautions since we all got sick. I just don't have the energy. We are all sick so I figured it couldn't spread any further in our home and we are quarantined at home together. When everyone is over it I intend to try and do a thorough cleaning, but we are all coughing/ sneezing everywhere right now and I just don't see the point. Dh and I seem to have gotten it first (symptoms started a couple days before dc). Presumably from his boss at work, but we thought it was allergies because we didn't have any of the tell tale symptoms. By the time we realized it was Covid dd and ds were already having similar symptoms. I now realize how this spreads so easily. If his boss hadn't said he tested positive dh would have continued to work for at least a couple more days thinking it was allergies. He didn't get a fever till yesterday ( 4 days after he started sneezing/coughing). Thankfully since his boss let us know on Tuesday we were able to prevent ds from spreading it to our homeschool friends by staying home from class this week.

Thank you all for the advice. I wasn't sure whether my aunt knew what she was talking about because she is one who has posted mountains of conspiracy theory type stuff on Facebook and I wasn't sure if she had really done her research. I went ahead and had dh and I take the quercetin 400mg, zinc 50mg, and vitamin d 5000iu my mom sent over. I'm just going to have the kids continue to take the emergen c. I might have them take it twice a day instead of once but their symptoms seem to be a little milder. Dh and I will also continue to take the emrgen c for vitamin c.

Thankfully for now it just feels like a really nasty cold/flu.

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It really stinks to have to make decisions when you're sick. I'm so sorry you're in this place. Prayers for a quick recovery and for wisdom on what is right for *your* family.

Thank you. I had heard of vitamin c, d, and zinc being good for getting rid of viruses. That's why I've had everyone taking emergency c, but I had no idea what quercetin was and I also hadn't heard of taking such high doses of vitamins. I started trying to research but there's just too much info out there and then I remembered a post here from the spring mentioning things like that in regards to covid and thought I'd ask here.

[ValiantJoy07]

My SIL and her family had it in July. Vitamin C, Vitamin D3 (you'll also want magnesium gluconate to get that to absorb well). She recommended a HOT epsom salt bath every day the first week HOT as you can stand. Apparently the hotter you can keep your body (beyond a fever, I wouldn't get in a hot bath if you're dealing with fevers) the less lung issues people in her church dealt with. :shrug3 My BIL got it from his sister and all he had was a headache and lack of appetite and scratchy throat for 10 days.
My Brother and his family (family of 6) also had it in July it was out of their house with in 2 weeks and they didn't do anything special.

If we were to get it we'd start 1) vitamins 2) bone broth 3) elderberry syrup (but only the first few days) 4) rest rest rest and fluids.

[rdsmommy]

My SIL and her family had it in July. Vitamin C, Vitamin D3 (you'll also want magnesium gluconate to get that to absorb well). She recommended a HOT epsom salt bath every day the first week HOT as you can stand. Apparently the hotter you can keep your body (beyond a fever, I wouldn't get in a hot bath if you're dealing with fevers) the less lung issues people in her church dealt with. :shrug3 My BIL got it from his sister and all he had was a headache and lack of appetite and scratchy throat for 10 days.


If we were to get it we'd start 1) vitamins 2) bone broth 3) elderberry syrup (but only the first few days) 4) rest rest rest.

Our bathtub has a crack in it so we can't take baths but I will keep in mind hot showers. Ds and I already tend to take hot showers so we've probably already been doing that. Dh and dd not so much. Dh also made a big batch of soup on Tuesday (before we started feeling worse) with bones so we've been getting lots of bone broth. And we are definitely resting a lot whenever possible. I woke up last night in the middle of the night feeling super restless and I couldn't go back to sleep for about 3 hours but I've been in bed resting/sleeping during the day. I'm grateful my kids are teens and can take care of themselves for the most part.

[tempus vernum]

You are right. No need to worry abt cleaning if you are all ill. We r not all ill and so we r attempting to avoid that.

Praying for you guys.

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Praying for y’all. Our sickest person (dd1 age 20) who was sick first turned a corner today. Day 11 for her. We’ve been doing daily pulse ox so mostly have been comfy staying home but one day I was skeptical.... So grateful ...cuz dd1 and my other kids have health conditions and auto immune disease

Praying you all turn the corner soon and for health for all.