Many mainland provinces and cities recently said they had passed the peak of the first wave of new corona infections after the easing of epidemic prevention measures. As more and more “Yangkang” products are available, people are rushing to buy “Coenzyme Q10” (Coenzyme Q10) heart health products instead of pain relievers, antipyretics and antidiarrheal drugs. Coenzyme Q10 was once out of stock on Taobao, JD.com and other online shopping platforms, and it was difficult to find a pack in many pharmacies. Xiamen Jindawei, the world’s largest coenzyme Q10 producer, even revealed that the order volume of the coenzyme Q10 increased significantly, but the specific increase could not be disclosed.
A number of mainland media previously quoted experts as stressing that after recovering from the new crown, one should not take it lightly, because some secondary infections or complications may appear after a period of time. Among them, the official CCTV media quoted Zhou Yujie, executive vice president of Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, as saying that most of the patients’ symptoms improved within 5-7 days and gradually recovered, but some of them would heart muscle involved, usually two weeks after infection, heartbeat was too fast or too slow, chest pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath, palpitations, syncope, etc. If the symptoms are severe, you should go to the hospital in time to check if you have myocarditis.
Because myocarditis can be fatal, the Internet in the mainland last week began to report that “be careful of viral myocarditis after Yangkang”, “acute myocarditis is easy to contract after Yangkang exercise”, “the incidence of events adverse cardiovascular and cardiovascular mortality is lower after taking coenzyme Q10” and other news, coenzyme Q10 quickly became the target to sell like hot cakes. Mainland media reported that some coenzyme Q10 products were out of stock on JD.com, Taobao and Tmall last week, and the supply of coenzyme Q10 in many pharmacies in Shanghai and Qingdao, Shandong was also low.
Expert: Coenzyme Q10 cannot prevent or cure myocarditis
Shanghai “The Paper” quoted Chen Jianxin, deputy director of Malu Town Community Health Service Center in Jiading District, Shanghai, as saying, “Coenzyme Q10 cannot prevent myocarditis, it only plays an adjuvant role in the treatment of myocarditis. .. it helps the heart muscle recover, but it’s not the most important drug. It’s not a cure.” “Fenghuang.com” also quoted Fang Jian, the deputy chief pharmacist of Guangzhou Huadu District People’s Hospital, as saying that although coenzyme Q10 can improve the oxygen supply of myocardial cells, “it cannot be equated to prevention of myocarditis”. “adjuvant therapy”, that is, “it cannot be used alone to treat viral myocarditis, it must be used in combination with the necessary therapeutic drugs”, and “coenzyme Q10 can be synthesized by the human body itself, and adults who can eat a normal diet are usually not deficient and need no additional supplements.”
Phoenix.com also quoted Calvin Jiang, a pharmacist in residence at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, as saying that in the United States coenzyme Q10 is sold as a dietary supplement. it is extremely low.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention did not announce the number of confirmed cases and deaths from the previous day. Yesterday, Taiwan added 24,503 confirmed local cases, 560 imported cases and 26 more patients died – the number of new imported cases hit a new high in the past three years. In Macau, there were 26 confirmed cases and 2 deaths in the previous day.
Originally released on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/China/Concerned about complications of myocarditis: mainland people rush to buy coenzyme q10/356596?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
