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Covid treatment
He is age 54..he is positive on last Friday ..with symptoms light fever and cough..doctor diagnosis and..take tablets
Fabiflu..and rantaden.. multivitamin..for 3 days..after that no fever no cough..and after that he use government covid kit..now no symptoms on today..now he is weak..and spo2- 95 and CRP-29.what we done..he is home isolation or .. hospital..which is better..
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In your case, home isolation and routine care can be taken.
Kindly follow the below guidelines:
1. Physical distancing of atleast 6 meters. Preferably the sick individual should have a separate room.
2. indoor mask use. Preferably a double mask (surgical mask on top of a N95 mask) should be used.
3. strict hand hygiene. Hands should be thoroughly washed with soap and water for at least 30 seconds. An alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 70% alcohol can be used.
Symptomatic management:
1. Hydration. Patient should have at least 4 to 6 glasses of water everyday.
2. Anti-pyretics can be given under the supervision of a healthcare professional.
3. Multivitamins and Zinc can be given.
4. Stay in contact with treating physician.
5. Monitor temperature and oxygen saturation (by applying a SpO2 probe to fingers).
Seek immediate medical attention if:
1. Difficulty in breathing
2. High grade fever/severe cough, particularly if lasting for more than five days
3. Consider hospital admission if:
1. Age more than 60 years.
2. Cardiovascular disease, hypertension.
3. Any lung disease
4. Any kidney/liver disease
5. History of stroke or any brain disease.
6. Obesity.
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As long as he is having no respiratory discomfort and maintaining Spo2 > 94% nothing to worry ; home isolation will be fine.
Crp will come down in due course of time with proper antibiotics.
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Normally, when his symptoms resolve and again if it attains peak, which is a known spike period
, .. since his spo2 is at borderline it's over 5 days there must be possibly cytokine storm which is subsidiary
Check his Interleukin levels and we recommend you to start steroids.,
Take
1.T. Beclomethasone sodium phosphate 0.5mg TDS for 6 days
2.T.ivermectin 12 mg OD for 5 days
And after this couse period start taking antibiotics.Dont take antibiotics at the start of the covid attack . Since it's ok to take antibiotics in the biginning , but there will be some resistance developed later that's after 1 week which is the ideal time for abx
Next Steps
continue fabiflu and multivitamins
Health Tips
keep him hydrated. take frequent liquids
Non pharmacological:
1. protinex powder ( twice with warm milk)
2. steam inhalation and
3. salt water gargling.
4.take as much coconut water as you can which results in fast Hydration
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Please get a D-Dimer done and consult with me on practo
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Any history of Diabetes/ Hypertension?
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