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Postcovid complications diabetic patient
My father was admitted in a hospital earlier due to covid,he is diabetes and bp patient, his chest ct value was 22/25 at that time, he was constantly on the oxygen support and was maintaing oxygen 96 at approx 5 litres ...but can not remove oxygen for a while...why oxygen drops so quickly when not on oxygen support.his oxygen drops to approx 50 within few minutes.what is the reason behind this.
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Dr. P M Anbumaran
Pulmonologist
13 yrs exp
Chennai
Almost 90 percent lung involvement due to covid, may require some time to recover, continue oxygen support and other medications regularly
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Dr. Rahul Reddy
Pulmonologist
10 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Takes time to come back to normal .
Avoid physical exertion for 3 months
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