Guneet Singh Assi

Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Publications

• Case Report   
  Modern and Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the times of COVID-19: A Case Study
  Author(s): Guneet Singh Assi*
  
  The second wave of COVID-19 lead to innumerable sorrow due to untimely demise of People worldwide. The patients have suffered from “hypoxia” during this COVID-19 pandemic and rushed to the hospital for oxygen support. Hypoxia refers to a state when oxygen is not available in sufficient amounts at the tissue level for maintenance of adequate homeostasis. This can be due to inadequate oxygen delivery to the tissues due to low blood supply or low oxygen content in the blood (hypoxemia). Oxygen saturation below 90% can lead to adverse effects on the other organs of the body including brain, heart and kidneys and require external oxygen supplementation. During COVID-19, the caregivers had started experimenting with various alternative therapies. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention which complement mainstream medicine by diversi.. View More»
  

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