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Dry Throat
I am having dry throat since evening of 2nd of May. Next day I had 99° fever, which lasted for 2 days. I took Dolo 650 for 2 days,
Now taking Azithral 500 once a day,
Benadryl syrup thrice a day,
Limcee once a day,
A to Z once a day,
Pan 40 once a day.
I am doing home medications too.
On 5th May, I had Rapid Antigen Test, which was NEGATIVE.
Now I am having cold(taking Cetrizine for that), along with dry throat. What to do now?
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Dr. Maria Archana
Family Physician
13 yrs exp
Bangalore
I see that you are taking medications based on your symptoms. That is good. However, a rapid antigen test is not confirmatory of Covid. It is suggested that you take an RT-PCR to confirm as you have symptoms. Further, in the current scenario, any symptoms similar to the ones you are facing are to be treated as covid unless otherwise proven...
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Please do an RT-PCR for yourself and for any contacts who have been having similar symptoms
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Gargle with salt water or with betadine gargle
Take lots of hot fluids
Continue the medications that you have stated above till you get the report and then we can take it from there...
PS: Again a negative RT-PCR with symptoms suggestive of Covid has to be treated as covid (current variant of the virus may not always be picked up by the test)
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