Reporter and journalist Howie Severino took to Facebook just recently to update his friends and fans about his current health status after being exposed to COVID-19 once again.
Months after his recovery from the virus, Howie said he has been monitoring his health to make sure that his anti body is working up.
Due to the nature of his work where he needs to go out, it is vital to always make sure that he is safe and healthy.
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“In the war against the pandemic, most of the skirmishes are happening inside our bodies. I just learned that the warriors in my blood got reinforcements, and went into action to ward off another attack by foreign invaders.”
Howie, who has also been committed to donating his blood plasma, further elaborated, “Previous testing technology in the Philippines would only tell you if you had the antibodies or not. There are two main types of Covid antibodies – the IgM, which indicates that you have a new infection and are probably still sick; and the IgG, the product of an old battle with Covid that gives you protection from future infection.
“Eventually, as in just a few months ago, hospitals acquired the capability to know your level, or quantity, of antibodies. That’s how I was able to know that between May and September my antibody level was declining steadily. It was scaring the hell out of me.”
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Added him, “I had very personal reasons for doing this tracking myself – I needed to know when I should recalculate my risks, and when my peace of mind should end.”
The situation is what exactly amazed the journalist.
He related, “After a steady decline for at least five straight months, my IgG antibodies, the kind that gives protection from future infection, were now at 8.70, a gain of a whopping 47 percent from the previous month!”
He consulted several doctors about his result and they arrived at the same conclusion.
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Howie said, “The spike in my antibodies was probably due to recent exposure to the Covid virus, which almost surely occurred since my previous test on September 1.
“I had apparently been near enough to a virus carrier to be infected if I did not already have IgG antibodies to fight off the virus. My battle-tested immune system quickly detected the enemy and produced even more of the same antibodies, hence the 47 percent increase in my IgG shield.”
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