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My father is aged 50. He has been getting fever since 31st of august. The fever ranged between 100-102. On 4th September his corona test reported positive. He is obese, diabetic and has hypertension. He is taking Antibiotic, vitamin C tablets, multivitamin tablets , dolo -650 -4times a day, Hydrochloroquine tablet. Still fever is not decreasing . Under the effect of medicine it's 100 and after 4-5 hours it gets to 102 or 103. The saturation level of oxygen as measured by pulse oximeter is 95-96. After 6th September he is getting cough also. Please suggest what to do next.
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He needs hospital admission Nd CT scan of chest ...
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Dr. P M Anbumaran
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13 yrs exp
Chennai
Do a online consultation with a pulmonologist for further evaluation and management
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Dr. Soudip Saha
General Physician
5 yrs exp
South 24 Parganas
He has all the comorbidities, please admit him in nearest covid hospital
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Dr. Gaurav Thukran
General Physician
10 yrs exp
Delhi
Consult me with online
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He needs many things rt now.which i cant tell u everything here on this chat.
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Dr. Jeevan Kumar
General Medicine
6 yrs exp
Karimnagar
If his fvr is not reducing kindly take him to the hospital and get admitted... May i know what antibiotic he is using ? Don't worry... Consult with me online for further management
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