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Dry cough is sign of covid
My husband having dry cough for past 2 days no cold,throat pain,fever only dry cough(only when he speak continously),is it may be a sign of covid?
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In this situation of pandemic any upper respiratory symptom like cough, sorethroat, running nose and nasal discharge etc can be Covid 19 (SARS COV2) infection and any of these symptoms alone may present itself. If persisting it is better to do swab test(RT PCR ).
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May be. Ask him to take adequate water.
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Dr. Jeevan Kumar
General Medicine
6 yrs exp
Karimnagar
For ruleout d condition.. Go for covid test
RTPCR CBP ESR CRP
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Dr. Khushboo
General Physician
8 yrs exp
New Delhi
It’s difficult to say . Get tested if negative look for evaluation
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