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Physician @igmhmv. Health awareness figure. Aid Worker @IACMaldives. Working with @ASBA. Founder of @maldives_aha. Council member of @MNUedu

May 5, 2021, 10 tweets

Covid symptoms monitor at home.

Common symptoms of COVID19 & when should you seek urgent medical help

1. Fever-monitor body temperature and if persistently high despite treatment (>39C )

Treatment: Adults without any underlying kidney or liver disease panadol 1g 6hrly 1/

If fever and kidney or liver disease panadol 500mg tds or uphamol 650mg tds (call 1676 if any yellowish discoloration of eyes/nausea/vomiting/lower limb swelling) 2/

Cough: Mostly warm water gurgling, honey, ginger. T. Fexofenadine 180mg once daily or T. Cetirizine 10mg once daily +\- Syp. Bromhexine 10ml 3 times per day. (these are for adults only) 3/

Nasal symptoms:
medicines to cough +\- xylometazolin 0.1% 2 drops 3 times per day for 1 week (max). Steam inhalation (Note: steam inhalation doesn’t cause fluid to develop in lungs) 4/

Shortness of breath: Check Oxygen saturation using a pulse oximeter. If above 95% - well and good, if below that consult 1676 ASAP. For lung disease patients- any fall in Spo2- 📞 1676 ASAP. 5/

For all the symptoms: Hydrate well, take rest. Don’t panic. If any other symptoms 📞 1676

6/

Addition to 1st tweet- jf Body temperature >39C persistently high - call 1676

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