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Covid fever not going away
My husband's Covid fever is not going away even after 10 days.His ESR is 29 and oxygen saturation is 96 since 1 week.
His fever rises when he don't have paracetamol
Currently he is taking clavam and ivermectin
Wanted to know can I give him steroids?
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First of all get the proper reports done
.crp
D dimer
CBC
Il 6
To rule out the cause of infection .
Also do the ct scan report ..
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then follow up with reports and give the treatment according suitable to the cause of disease randomly providing steroids is harmful
Health Tips
take iron and folic acid tablets till the reports are done ..
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Dr. Disha Nagi
General Physician
1 yrs exp
Howrah
Blood tests need to be done.
CBC
CRP
D-DIMER
LDH
Is there any cough or History of smoking or past infection in lungs like Tb/Severe Pneumonia or Bronchitis etc
He may need an HRCT chest
Post that we may think of steroids.
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blood tests as mentioned
Health Tips
check Sp02 level after walking 6 mins. Cause of concern if low .
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Dr. Ambaram Patel
General Physician
4 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Steroid must use carefully and acc to severity in ct scan and saturation level
Dont use without dr consultation and ct report
You can consult me for covid care on practo
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Dr. Shoubhik Banerjee
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11 yrs exp
Kolkata
No steroids unless saturation drops..
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