Abstract

YAULEMA BRITO, Lorena Patricia; RIOS GUARANGO, Patricia Alejandra; LOPEZ PROANO, Glenis Florangel  and  SILVA MOROCHO, Miguel Ángel. Nutrition as a therapeutic tool in older adults post COVID-19. Rev Cuba Reumatol [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.2  Epub June 01, 2023. ISSN 1817-5996.

COVID-19 is still a health problem for most countries, despite the progress made in controlling the disease, doubts center on the possible sequelae and complications of the disease; older adults were and continue to be a vulnerable group to this disease. From the therapeutic point of view, nutritional requirements can represent a factor of stimulation and stabilization of the functioning of the immune system. The objective of this research was to describe the importance of nutritional management in older adults after COVID-19 infection. For this, a basic, non-experimental and descriptive investigation was carried out consisting of a non-systematic bibliographic review where a total of 21 documents related to the research topic published in the last 5 years in regional databases such as Scielo, Lilas, Redalyc were used. and Latindex and high impact such as Ice Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed and Medline. The main results include the identification of elements related to the importance of nutritional management in older adults during and after COVID-19 infection and the influence of nutrition on the functioning of the immune system. It is concluded that nutritional management is important to guarantee an adequate evolution of the disease, and even better the recovery after the acute stage of the disease has passed. The proper functioning of the immune system is influenced by the action of different nutritional components such as proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.

Keywords : elderly; COVID-19; nutrition; Sars-CoV-2; immune system.

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