Sunday, April 11, 2021

Mild Covid - Treatment at Home Only - Guidelines and Issues

 


A person is categorized as having mild covid when his symptoms are fever, sore throat and body aches etc. It is moderate covid if there are breathing difficulties. In mild covid, Spo2 is 98 to 100 and there is no breathing difficulty.


A guide, action plan and symptom diary for home care patients guided by a doctor.

https://www.racgp.org.au/clinical-resources/covid-19-resources/patient-resources/managing-mild-covid-19-at-home

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/duration-isolation.html


 VOLUME 27, ISSUE 2, P258-263, FEBRUARY 01, 2021 PDF [715 KB]

Follow-up of adults with noncritical COVID-19 two months after symptom onset

https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(20)30606-6/fulltext

Conclusions

Up to 2 months after symptom onset, two thirds of adults with noncritical COVID-19 had complaints, mainly anosmia/ageusia, dyspnoea or asthenia. A prolonged medical follow-up of patients with COVID-19 seems essential, whatever the initial clinical presentation.

anosmia loss of smell, ageusia loss of taste, Asthenia and generalized muscle weakness, Dyspnea: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments - Healthlinehttps://www.healthline.com › health › dyspnea

12-Mar-2021 — Shortness of breath can be a symptom of health problems, often related to heart or lung disease. But you can also experience temporary dyspnea ...


Onset, duration and unresolved symptoms, including smell and taste changes, in mild COVID-19 infection: a cohort study in Israeli patients

https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(21)00083-5/fulltext

COVID-19 Clinical management - WHO | World Health ...https://apps.who.int › rest › bitstreams › retrieve, PDF

25-Jan-2021 — Management of mild COVID-19: symptomatic treatment. Patients with mild disease may present to an emergency unit, primary care/outpatient department, or be.

https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1328457/retrieve


Fever Patterns, Cytokine Profiles, and Outcomes in COVID-19

Conclusions

Prolonged fever beyond 7 days from onset of illness can identify patients who may be at risk of adverse outcomes from COVID-19. Patients with saddleback fever appeared to have good outcomes regardless of the fever.

Saddle back fever - subsides within 7 days and come back.

https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/7/9/ofaa375/5896422


A doctor who beat the novel coronavirus recounts his days in isolation

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/doctor-recounts-days-in-coronavirus-isolation/article31432131.ece



Day-by-day breakdown of how the symptoms of COVID-19 progress in patients - A compilation - Applicable to Mild Covid


Day 1: Patients will run a fever and may experience fatigue, muscle pain, and dry cough.

Day 5: Researchers found that it took an average of five days for signs of breathing difficulties to kick in patients. Symptoms might include shallow breathing, tightness in the chest, heart palpitations, and wheezing.

Day 7: For most patients, Day 7 would mean the end of phase one leading to diminishing symptoms. Doctors at this time advise continuing self-isolation to discard any further complications.

Day 8: Severe cases tend to develop signs of acute respiratory distress, according to a study from Wuhan. 

Day 12: In the Wuhan study, fever ended for most people on Day 12. Many still had a cough.

Days 13-14: Breathing difficulties generally end on these days.

Day 17: On average, people with mild covid recover from the virus are discharged from the hospital after two-and-a-half weeks. 

https://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/timeline-of-coronavirus-symptoms-a-day-by-day-breakdown-of-how-covid-19-symptoms-progress/583704