Immunologist: Taking immunostimulants is not harmless – Diseases

“Long before this SARS Cov-2 virus, it was described that every viral infection has its viropathic effect and its immunopathic effect, the negative consequences of the body due to the overreaction of the immune system,” commented Professor Dobroslav Kyurkchiev at BNR. Head of the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology of the University Hospital “St. Ivan Rilski” in relation to clinical immunity and why an overstimulated immune system with supplements and drugs can be dangerous in COVID-19.

“It is not clear in which people this will occur, but attempts to artificially stimulate immunity through immunostimulants, with the idea of ​​not getting caught by the virus, are an ideal prerequisite for this to happen, in my opinion,” he said the immunologist.

According to him, the uncontrolled intake of immunostimulants is not harmless.

“This is my general experience. This is dangerous. The immune system must not be strong, it must be balanced and well regulated, immunostimulants must also be administered under medical supervision, they have indications.

This is the situation with the intake of vitamins: they cannot be taken without the need for them either. Tthis also applies to vitamin C..

„Vitamin D is recommended for good levelsbecause it has regulatory functions of the violent response of the immune system, like this cytokine storm, he said.

Patients with autoimmune diseases are not a group more vulnerable than others to the coronavirus, explained the specialist.

“Maybe by the end of next summer there will be a vaccine against the coronavirus. So far, the data shows that it is not prone to mutation.”

About 4 percent of people around the world have severe coronavirus. This has not changed since the beginning of the pandemic.

It is good that the elderly get vaccinated against the flu, “advised the specialist.

From the moment of infection, either simultaneously or sequentially with influenza and coronavirus, will depend on the severity of the patient’s illness, Professor Kyurkchiev commented.