In my chamber, every day I am getting a good number of COVID19 suspected patients. According to me, all are suspected but most of them don't suspect themselves. Whenever I am trying to counsel them about the possibilities of being a COVID19 case, most of my patient is becoming surprised! Am I having COVID? Nah!
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COVID19 cases are presenting with a wide range of symptoms. In fact, it may present with any one or a combination of symptoms. Most common are Fever, cold, cough, throat pain, loss of smell, shortness of breath. But I have found patients only with headache who turned out to be the positive case. I also found a patient with only malaise who came back COVID19 positive. We are getting non-symptomatic COVID19 cases as well.
Today morning, One Bangladeshi patient came with Fever, cold, cough and headache. He was already taken medicines from another doctor. His fever with returning after a certain period. So, he became impatient, stopped the medicines given by another doctor and decided to visit another doctor (Me, in that case). I found all the medicines appropriate for him. So, I told him to continue the medicines. Moreover, when I told him about the possibilities of being a COVID19 case, he was kinda shocked!! Looked like he had firmed belief that he couldn't have the virus, guaranteed!!
Most of the people who are having one or a few symptoms of viral fever, aren't taking it seriously from the beginning. They are not staying in an isolated room. They are working with others and staying in the same room with others. As a result, they are spreading the virus from one to another.
Another group of people, mostly Omani, who have got the Pfizer vaccine, think that they can't have the virus. Other previous COVID19 patient groups think that they are immune to the virus. So, when these groups are having the symptoms, they also aren't taking it seriously at first. As a net result, all efforts to contain the virus are in vain.
Actually, the rule is: If anyone has a fever or any other symptoms, like that of a viral illness, it needs to be considered as a COVID19 case unless proved otherwise. However, we are not following the rule, hence, the situation is not improving around us.
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