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I have high fever of 100+ from last three days. When I took 500mg paracetamol then fever gets normal. But sometime it rises again. I have cough also. These symptoms are from last three days when taute cyclone passed from Mumbai. Shall I go for RT-PCR ? OR Pl suggest some medicine.
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Your symptoms must be presumed to be COVID-19 unless proved otherwise. Please get yourself tested for it with an RTPCR.
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Get a COVID-19 RTPCR test done at the earliest and isolste yourself.
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Follow COVID appropriate behavior. 1. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 70% alcohol if soap and water are not available. 2. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands 3. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. 4. Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash. 5. Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces. Maintain at least 1 meter (3 feet) distance between yourself and other people, particularly those who are coughing, sneezing and have a fever. 6. Wear cloth face coverings such as a mask in public settings, especially where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. 7. Ensure regular hand washing with soap and potable water after touching animals and animal products 8. Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth with hands; Avoid contact with sick animals or spoiled animal products. 9. Strictly avoid any contact with other animals in the market (e.g., stray cats and dogs, rodents, birds, bats). 10. Avoid contact with potentially contaminated animal waste or fluids on the soil or structures of shops and market facilities. 11. Avoid consumption of raw or undercooked animal products: Handle raw meat, milk or animal organs with care, to avoid cross-contamination with uncooked foods, as per good food safety practices.
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Get Rtpcr done or treated as covid
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Get the covid 19 RTPCR testing done
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Please get RTPCR or RAT tested Just Monitor daily 2-3 things Till Then 1) respiratory rate (how many breaths per minute) It should be less than RR
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Yes, get an RT PCR done. You can start on Tab Limcee once daily for 2 weeks Tab Zinconia once daily Tab Doxycycline 100mg twice a day for 5 days Continue dolo
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if not subsiding, consult, needs to do other investigations
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If high grade fever and cough more than 5 days you should do RT PCR for covid You can take antipyretic and good hydration are enough for URI
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Yes you should go for RTpcr and CTscan asap. Isolate yourself and wear mask compulsory Take steam inhalation, tab. Zincovit, tab. Limcee, tab ivermectin prophylaxis
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