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Asymptomatic or mild patients with Covid-19 will be monitored and treated by family doctors. Dr. Virgil Musta, head of the Infectious Disease Clinic at Victor Babeş Hospital in Timișoara, explained to Digi24 what mild symptoms mean and when is the time for patients to go to hospital.
“Patients who have sore throat, mild cough, diarrhea, lack of taste, odor, these are mild forms when patients can stay home.
If they have signs of respiratory tract infection, shortness of breath, severe cough, fever, recommend hospitalization or presentation for evaluation to make decisions about hospitalization or staying home, depending on the locations of the hospital, “said Musta.
The doctor also specified after how long, but mild symptoms, patients should go to the hospital.
“With this virus, in 5-7 days the condition worsens, the symptoms get worse, so you must call 112 to be hospitalized.
If it lasts more than a week it is good to come for an evaluation to analyze the inflammatory or clotting syndrome and receive recommendations. The evaluation is done in one day, when biological investigations are carried out according to a protocol, imaging investigations. The patient may be sent home or, if deemed appropriate, admitted to a level 1 hospital or support hospital.
Now, we have no place, everything that is presented for evaluation we direct to the support hospitals ”, according to Virgil Musta.
Y the GP can tell if the patient is breathing with difficulty or shortness of breathsaid the doctor.
The only way to determine the severity of the respiratory problem determination of oxygen saturation. If the patient has a low saturation, biological investigations should be done, the doctor said.
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