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
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Addition to 1st tweet- jf Body temperature >39C persistently high - call 1676
Loose stools and vomiting as a viral disease has been increasing for past few weeks in adults as well
When it enters a house, almost all gets infected.
For vomiting use: Domperidone 10mg 3 times a day (for those without contraindications )
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If the person vomits within 30 min of taking domperidon, then again take another extra tablet.
For loose stools, hydrate well. Avoid sugary/fizzy/dairy products.Use ORS 1 packet mix with 1 liter of boiled and cooled water (Use up the mix within 24 hours or discard it)
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Diabetic patients - must check sugars regularly during such an episode (avoid taking other sugary products other than ORS).
Bare minimum amount of ORS intake is 1 glass of ORS (approx 220ml) after each loose stools.
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I am an Asthmatic, i use inhalers, inhalers are not addictive. They cause your airways to open up. Duration of its action differs, inhalers with salmeterol or formoterol works for 12 hours. The steroid in the inhalers act to reduce inflammation inside airways and 1/
try to maintain an open airway.Some asthmatics recover fully, some don’t.Asthma can present as fatigue on exertion,shortness of breath,or just chronic cough. Asthma gets better when you exercise and lose weight, as 🫁 compliance increase and fat surrounding airways also reduce 2/
Asthma can be from mild to life threatening-leading to intubation as well. Shortness of breath is frightening and cause anxiety. When anxiety is more, it triggers asthma & is a vicious cycle.Lung function test can be normal in asthmatics 3/