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Normal Cold or Covid ?
My father has been going to office for the past two months.. He takes his own personal vehicle and takes all possible precautions. Howver its monsoon at Kolkata and since he travels by bike maybe he caught normal cold n fever since yesterday. We checked his body temp is 100.4 F now. When do we get the Covid test done ?
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Dr. Soudip Saha
General Physician
5 yrs exp
South 24 Parganas
To differentiate from normal cold and covid 19 you have to do RTPCR for covid19 ,but all cold and cough are not covid. So need detailed history and evaluation for better treatment
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take online consultation for treatment
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Dr. Dhananjay Sharma
General Physician
33 yrs exp
Aligarh
If the fever persists 100 or more for 3 days and other symptoms like throat pain , cough and cold running nose loss of smell and taste breathless ness etc take test immediately if not can be treated as common cold .
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Dr. Manik Mathur
General Medicine
14 yrs exp
Guwahati
You can take test anytime ASAP, also keep taking vitamin c tablets morning and evening
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Covid rest (RT PCR)
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