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Cough and feaver
Dry cough and feaver since last night can I take paracetamol. As now corona I am not taking any risk.
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How much is the fever? Is the cough dry? Any sore throat?
Please follow 14 days quarantine. If the fever is high, you should consult a doctor physically and may require a test for covid.
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Stay in quarantine . Take pcm for fever. If it is too high, consult physically and get covid test
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There are many causes of cough and fever and most often it will be not much is an issue. Do you have any history of travel out of country or coming in contact with any covid19 positive patient ?
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if you don't have the above history, then you can take Paracetamol 500mg three times a day. For dry cough I advise you to drink luke warm water regularly. If the symptoms persist for more than two days, we can look for other causes
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