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Selenium is effective against COVID-19 and other viral diseases

Selenium is effective against COVID-19 and other viral diseases

Employees of the Institute of Biophysics of ANAS – Dr. Biology Tokay Huseynov and Ph.D. Ruhiyya Guliyeva conducted a study on the impact of one of the environmental factors (selenium status) on the development and pathogenicity of HIV / AIDS, which is part of the COVID-19 genome.

Numerous studies have shown that a deficiency of selenium (Se) in human food, one of the chemical elements, can lead to the development of the most common viral diseases of our time.

Dangerous viral diseases such as Hantavirus, Coxsackie (Hantavirus), avian influenza, Ebola, as well as other viruses that cause serious damage to the cardiovascular system have symptoms similar to COVID-19. Damage to the heart muscle, systemic hypercoagulability of blood, which is considered a threat to diabetics, as well as platelet compression, which causes sudden respiratory arrest, etc. especially dangerous. In all cases, selenium deficiency is observed in patients.

date 08 June 2020