Dr. Sujeet Rajan, Respiratory Physician at Bhatia Hospital and Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. shares his experience and learnings from treating Covid patients as well as post Covid fibrosis patients.
Can Covid-19 infection cause permanent damage to lungs? Can your lungs recover after fibrosis?
What are the common misconceptions on Covid-19 treatment? Do you need to take antibiotics or steroids always?
00:00 Intro
03:45 What are the misconceptions regarding Covid
07:50 What essential things need to be monitored for Covid – blood pressure, oxygen levels and pulse rate, glucometer
08:45 How often should we monitor Covid parameters
12:10 What value on the oxymeter is a red flag – at sea level is 95 or above.
15:30 Is there a need to repeat a swab
16:50 How common is covid relapse
20:50 Can we assume antibodies have always been generated after 2-3 weeks
22:10 Patients who had thrombosis after covid – what is the protocol to discharge such patients, are blood thinners necessary
25:00 What is the use for steroids ?
28:30 What is lung fibrosis
33:00 There is no incidence of increase in covid among asthma patients
42:40 How soon after covid can a person get back to regular exercise?
