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I am having a pain in left hand joint, continuing with some pain in legs. No fever or Cough. If i feel i get contracted with the virus, when i have to take a test for RTPCR test, after how many days?. Today i had done RAT, where the report is negative. Please suggest me. Does covid directly attacks lungs and damage them? Or firstly shows symptoms then incubate into lungs.?.
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Pain in hands and legs can be due to general malaise caused by any kind of virus.
If RAT is neg. , That doesn't mean u are 100 % neg.
Rtpcr is a better test then RAT
Covid attacks lungs but simultaneously shows symptoms as any other viral infections will show.
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Hello if you had contact with covid positve case or symptoms like of Covid 19 do RTPCr test between 5th -10 day from date of onset of symptoms or contact date with covid case .
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Dr. Nilabjo Ghosh
General Practitioner
3 yrs exp
Kolkata
To be true RAT is not a suitable test and as for RTPCR DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ...TAKE 3 DAYS FROM ONSET..DONT DElay..but with the history u gave corona is not suspected. Do u have ur large or small joints involved?
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