Covid-19 Signs & Symptoms
COVID -19 Signs & Symptoms
We all know, we are living in pandemic world and very much frightened of Covid -19 .
As we hear about someone’s Covid positive report or news related with Corona virus , a very scary picture of Covid results start flashing in front of us and we begin to think what would happen if I also become the victim of it too .
Market is full of information regarding What To Do ,What Not To ! How to take care take ,how to take preventive measures from Covid -19 . But I am amazed that there is very few information available related to the sign & symptoms of Covid and people are very much confused .
Getting our test done is very tedious and full of hassle and sometimes if we are not affected with Covid still there are chances to catch it ,at test centers too . So what to do then ? How can we self access between mild sign & symptoms of normal flu or common cold cough caused by other viral infections with Covid .
So here we will be learning about some signs & symptoms .
As we all know the recovery rate of Covid is better than the morbidity ( death rate ). Just ,we need to understand how to access it & tackle it during home quarantine.
As other viral infections people show symptoms of high grade fever , cold cough .
But In Covid there are points which are doubted and should be addressed .
Covid patients will always have high grade fever With loss of smell , loss of taste in comparison to other viral infections .If there is mild body ache, malaise and mild fever then there is no need to worry much .
High fever is important .
High fever with a cold cough could still be a normal viral infection .
Covid has a special symptom that it shows dry cough only . There is no phlegm/ productive (wet cough ).
Covid patients never cough with any phlegm rather lung fibrosis and atrophy happens in patients and can also show Bilateral Pneumonic symptoms.In local terms we can say the power of opening and closing of lungs reduces and they become somewhat harder then normal lungs and patient complains of breathlessness . In such a condition patients are put on a ventilator for better respiration.
So the question after reading this a question arises in our mind then how to judge or check our lung efficacy?For this we do a small exercise.
Take a long deep breath & hold your breath and during this keep check on your stopwatch . A healthy person can easily hold his breath somewhere from 40seconds to a minute or more ( depends ) after inhalation . Like inhaling, holding and exhaling.
Keep doing this two three times daily and in the same way keep marking the holding capacity of your breath . If the holding capacity is not reducing then you are safe and you are not infected with Covid .
Covid patients can’t hold his breath up to 3 to 4 seconds because of lung fibrosis.
If we perform the above mentioned test or lung efficiency exercise easily on a daily basis without reduction in holding capacity then there is no need to worry of Covid . The only dry cough with low lung efficacy with high grade fever ,body ache & chest pain while inhaling with poor oxygen saturation (SpO2 less then 94%) are almaring signs and symptoms to get hospitalized before the condition gets worse.
So be vigilant about your signs & symptoms.
Keep doing Pranayam - respiratory exercise on a daily basis especially in early morning and evening .
Take a deep breath, hold your breath, exhale, then hold . Again inhale, hold your breath, exhale then hold . Repeat this for 15 times . Keep chanting OM and keep yourself calm .
I hope this will help you .
In service
Dr Rajshree Singh
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