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Lithuanian doctors also responded publicly to the growing coronavirus threat on Wednesday, asking the public to refrain from unnecessary entertainment and contacts with strangers. Meanwhile, Professor Vytautas Kasiulevičius posted 7 comments about the coronavirus in Lithuania on his Facebook account.
The professor pointed out that if you feel the symptoms of the disease, you also need to know the oxygen saturation of your blood. It is believed that rapid antigen detection tests can also help with rapid virus detection, but should not be blindly relied on.
“1) If you start coughing, fever, headaches, and whole-body aches, it’s worth knowing your oxygen saturation. This requires the purchase of a pulse oximeter for a few or several tens of euros. You can teach all your loved ones to use it. Once you have a pulse oximeter, measure the oxygen saturation of your blood. Normal SpO2 ranges from 96 to 100 percent. If, after measuring 3 times at rest, the pulse oximeter shows that your oxygen saturation or saturation (SpO2) has dropped below 92 or 90 percent (this is still being discussed among scientists), contact your doctor immediately, as there is a high probability of developing viral pneumonia. This inflammation usually begins a few days after the onset of the disease.
2) Covid-19 infection is confirmed by nasopharyngeal PCR, but a rapid test for SARS-CoV-2 antigen (not antibodies!) Can also confirm the diagnosis if a positive result is obtained. Just keep in mind that a negative antigen test does not mean that there is no disease, so a PCR test of the nasopharynx is still necessary, ”writes V. Kasiulevičius.
The professor also explained that people who receive a lower dose of the virus become infected more easily. The sick are urged not to forget their loved ones and to protect them.
“3) If you get sick, your loved ones you live with are not necessarily infected, so protect them as much as possible. The lower the dose of the virus, the easier it will be. Sleep in separate rooms, eat from separate dishes, disinfect common areas (bathroom, toilet) every 2 hours, communicate only with a mask in the same room. The mask reduces the amount of virus that enters the body.
4) The vast majority of people get Covid-19 like a normal flu. The Czech Republic, with a population of almost eleven million, is experiencing one of the largest virus attacks in the world. Today is a black day, since 106 people died daily in the country from Covid-19. It is a daily record, but if we try to think calmly, we will see that out of 113,000 active cases or diseases in real time, “only” more than 3,000 are currently being treated in the hospital, 634 in intensive care. “This number does not exceed 5 percent of all patients, but in Italy and Spain, at least a third of Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospitals during the first wave in February-March. Meanwhile, ¡¡ 83,000 Czechs have recovered !!! “
The specialist also paid attention to treating the virus without taking the medication without consulting the doctors.
“5) Treatment. Dear friends, do not take dexamethasone without a doctor’s appointment. This drug rescues only when supplemental oxygen is administered and to protect the patient from the effects of a cytokine storm. The drug is as good as it is bad. If you don’t think so, just read the Summary of Product Features. Don’t rush into things that can lead to resuscitation. The diseases in themselves are enough. Remdesivir is also not a miracle, it reduces the number of sick days, but it does not reduce deaths. The fact that so far there has been no reduction in remdesivir-induced mortality is demonstrated in the largest Solidarity study in the world, in which Lithuania also participated. Unlike bacteria, there are not many drugs to kill viruses. Unlike bacterial infections, viral infections are much less likely to kill people. Control of chronic diseases is much more important during viral infections.
6) The virus targets people with chronic illnesses. Check your blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose levels. Buy an electronic blood pressure monitor and keep your blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg, your total cholesterol at 5 mmol / L and your bad cholesterol at 3 mmol / L, and your fasting glucose should not exceed 5.5 mmol / L. If you have angina, coronary heart disease, your doctor sets cholesterol limits. If you can do it with natural means and it helps in your lifestyle, you will. Keep moving and eating healthy. If this doesn’t work, you should take antihypertensive drugs, statins, and antidiabetic drugs as prescribed by your doctor. If you are taking blood thinners for any chronic illness, you should continue taking them as well. Remember that infection increases blood clotting and this treatment protects you. All of this is possible if you listen more often to what common sense, rather than emotion, whispers in a low voice.
7) Until the government and opposition at all levels clarify the relationship on Sunday, it would be wise to stay home after voting in the elections, if possible. There are no cafes, bars, restaurants, discos and sports clubs, family vacations. Instead, choose a walk in the woods, a park, a run, being with people close to you. If you desperately need to swarm, if you don’t have the opportunity to eat at home, the English have created the “rule of six”: gatherings of no more than 6 people, no more than 6 people in a cafeteria or restaurant. If you are an employee and work in a classroom on the street, the building has poor exhaust ventilation, ask employers to allow you to work remotely with your colleagues If you work in construction, factories, you need to wear masks, disinfect hands regularly, keep a distance of 2 meters and put into practice during the painful spring. and the lessons learned from the summer lessons, which were discussed in detail by UAB Intersurgical and other managers.
We cannot close the country, but at the same time we must not give in to the virus until we have a safe and effective vaccine. “
The news portal tv3.lt recalls that on Wednesday the Government decided that 12 Lithuanian municipalities will be quarantined from next week. There will be restrictions on the gathering of the population, travel, trade work and places of service, where protective masks are mandatory.
The quarantine will be announced in the following municipalities: Elektrėnai, Joniškis district, Jurbarkas district, Kelmė district, Klaipėda district, Kretinga district, Marijampolė, Pasvalys district, Plungė district, Skuodas district, Šiauliai district, district by Švenčionys.
The duration of the quarantine regime is from October 26. 00:00 until November 9. 24:00
“Given the unfavorable epidemiological situation of Covid-19, we propose to announce the quarantine in these municipalities,” said Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga at the government meeting.
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