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Loss of taste and smell
I'm suffering from loss of taste & smell from last 1 week (9th April). I got my RT-PCR test done on 11th April but it came negative. As of now, I've no other symptoms. Should I worry about Corona ?
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Isolate yourself
Steam inhalation
Warm saline gargle
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Consider yourself positive and isolate yourself and keep a check on oxygen saturation. Sometimes even if rtpcr is negative you can be positive.
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Dr. Gladson Guddappa Uchil
Allergist/Immunologist
29 yrs exp
Bangalore
Sometimes the technician(due to inexperience) has not pushed the swabstick along the floor of the nose through to your upper nasopharynx where most of the Covid19 viruses are found. This could be reason for negative RT-PCR!
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You have got only a mild form of the disease. Just isolate yourself for two weeks and you should recover completely.
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