The Effect Of Nanogold-Nanosilver To Increase The Immunity Of People Affected By COVID-19 With Hypertension Comorbidities
Virus corona SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 saat ini mewabah di seluruh dunia. Penyakit penyerta Covid-19 dengan persentase tertinggi mencapai 50,5% adalah hipertensi. Hipertensi yang termasuk dalam Penyakit Tidak Menular (PTM) umumnya bersifat kronis. Dapat menurunkan daya tahan tubuh penderitanya secara bertahap dan sangat rentan terhadap infeksi, termasuk yang disebabkan oleh infeksi virus, salah satunya virus SARS-CoV-2 atau biasa disebut COVID-19. Oleh karena itu, penderita PTM khususnya hipertensi dianjurkan untuk meningkatkan imunitas dan daya tahan tubuh agar terhindar dari infeksi virus. Saat ini nanopartikel khususnya Nanogold dan Nanosilver berkembang sangat pesat di bidang kesehatan karena nanopartikel emas dan perak memiliki berbagai manfaat seperti antioksidan, antivirus, dan antibakteri. Setelah terbukti ampuh dalam menangani penderita kusta di Surabaya khususnya dalam hal meningkatkan kekebalan tubuh, kini Nanogold-Nanosilver dikembangkan dengan harapan dapat membantu meringankan penderita Covid-19 melalui peningkatan daya tahan tubuh karena jika daya tahan tubuh menurun maka virus akan cepat mudah masuk ke dalam tubuh. Dalam penelitian ini, Nanogold dan Nanosilver dikembangkan menjadi minuman air kesehatan yang bisa diminum relawan setiap hari. Relawan adalah masyarakat terdampak Covid-19 di kawasan Gunung Anyar Surabaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain one-group pretest-posttest design. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi langsung dan wawancara dengan masyarakat terdampak Covid-19 secara rutin setiap minggu. Kemudian data dianalisis menggunakan uji T berpasangan pada aplikasi SPSS. Dan diperoleh nilai P sebesar 0,000 yang berarti terdapat pengaruh nanogold-nanosilver terhadap peningkatan imunitas tubuh.
The SARS‐CoV‐ 2/Covid-19 Coronavirus is currently endemic throughout the world. The comorbidities of Covid-19 with the highest percentage reaching 50.5% are hypertension. Hypertension included in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) is generally chronic. It can reduce the sufferer’s immune system gradually and is very susceptible to infections, including those caused by viral infections, one of which is the SARS-CoV-2 virus or commonly called COVID-19. Therefore, patients with NCD, especially hypertension, are encouraged to increase immunity and body immunity to avoid virus infection. Currently, nanoparticles, especially Nanogold and Nanosilver, are taking place very rapidly in the health sector because gold and silver nanoparticles have various benefits such as antioxidants, antivirals, and antibacterials. After being proven effective in dealing with leprosy patients in Surabaya, especially in terms of increasing immunity, now Nanogold-Nanosilver was developed with the hope to help relieve Covid-19 sufferers through increasing the body’s immune system because if the body’s immune system decreases, the virus will quickly enter the body. In this study, Nanogold and Nanosilver were developed into a healthy water drink that volunteers can drink every day. Volunteers are people affected by Covid-19 in the Gunung Anyar area of Surabaya. This study uses a one-group pretest-posttest design. The data collection is carried out through direct observation and interviews with people affected by Covid-19 regularly every week. Then the data analysed using a paired T-test on the SPSS application. And obtained a P-value of 0.000, which means that there is an effect of nanogold-nanosilver for increase body immunity.