Rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19: the view of an infectious disease specialist and a pulmonologist

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been going on for more than a year and a half, and the number of confirmed cases of infection in the world has already exceeded 150 million people. The multisystemic nature of the lesions in COVID-19, as well as the Post-COVID- 19 syndrome, has been proven, which requires a rethinking of the rehabilitation of such patients. This lecture discusses current approaches to medical rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19 from the view of an infectious disease specialist and a pulmonologist. Methods and exercises of respiratory rehabilitation, including early ones, are indicated in detail. The directions of pharmacological and dietary support of rehabilitation, as well as vaccination after COVID-19 in the aspect of rehabilitation are presented. The directions of studying the human respiratory microbiome in the context of rehabilitation after COVID-19 are proposed.