“a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness.”
Vulnerable Patients
Every patient is vulnerable to this virus, but please take into mind that the following patients are more at risk.
1. If they are age 70 or higher
2. If they have a long-term condition, for example, Respiratory issues, heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, chronic neurological conditions, diabetes, problems with your spleen, a weakened immune system, being overweight (BMI of 40 or high). Also, people who have received an organ transplant and are on immunosuppression medication, people with cancer, people with severe chest conditions are more at risk.
3. If someone is pregnant.
1. A continuous cough
2. Temperature of 100 Fahrenheit
~ Drink lots of water
~Take OTC medications to keep fevers down
~If the symptoms are worsening, please go to the ER or call 911.
Primary physicians do not have testing kits, so please call the provider's office and ask for advice once you are infected or have symptoms. Going to your primary and showing up could infect other patients.
~Wash hands, cover your coughs or sneezes, don't have visitors in your home.
~Clean your laundry. If you must go to a laundry mat, wait for 72 after the isolation period.
~Personal waste must be placed in a bag and then in an additional bag and keep separate from other trash. Then dispose of it.
~After seven days, you can end isolation. If your symptoms have stopped, then you may go back to your routine.
~If you are living with others, you must wait 14 days; this is because the incubation period is 14 days. The 14-day isolation period starts when the first person becomes ill.
~After 14 days, if you do not fall sick, then you are unlikely to get infected.
A reminder to my patients, be safe. Any questions or concerns please call our office at 404-968-9469.
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