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When to end isolation
My husband was in contact with covid infected person from apr26 to apr29, so he was in isolation from apr30. Fever came on may2 and cough on may3, covid diagnosed on may5 and medicine course completed. Now after 16 days rtpcr is still.positive however crp is fine. Should we continue medicine and isolation
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If you are not having any symptoms no need to isolate
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Continu multivitamins for atleast 10more days
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Continue taking steam,gargles, monitoring oxygen saturation.
Take rest, take balanced diet
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As per latest government guidelines RTPCR test is not mandatory for discontinuation of home isolation. Research has shown that the CoViD RTPCR test may come positive for upto 3 months as it may detect fragments of the dead virus.
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A patient in home isolation is considered discharged after at least10 days from the onset of symptoms and no fever for 3 days. There is no need for testing after home isolation is the over.
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Dr. Chandana Rajaram
General Physician
6 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
Isolation not necessary. If it had been 10 days since his illness and if he is symptomfree for past three days, he can come out of isolation. No RTPCR needed
Regarding medication, consult your doctor
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Dr. Akshay Aggarwal
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1 yrs exp
Delhi
Kindly consult the treating doctor from whom you got previous prescription.
I think he would like you to continue medications while making some changes in the prescription.
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consult your treating doctor.
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