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05-01-2020, 07:44 PM | #26446 |
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How can they tell for sure when you got infected? I am surprised they are not making you stay away longer , until at least a 2 negative tests.
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05-01-2020, 07:47 PM | #26447 |
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05-01-2020, 07:48 PM | #26448 |
In Search of a Life
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Nevermind I should have read more
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05-01-2020, 07:50 PM | #26449 | |
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Hamas, what’s likelihood of my positive result not being accurate? Does that happen like all these false negatives? |
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05-01-2020, 07:51 PM | #26450 |
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Didnt check too far back to see if this was posted yet:
US germ warfare research leads to new early Covid-19 test https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...id-19-carriers Scientists working for the US military have designed a new Covid-19 test that could potentially identify carriers before they become infectious and spread the disease, the Guardian has learned. In what could be a significant breakthrough, project coordinators hope the blood-based test will be able to detect the virus’s presence as early as 24 hours after infection – before people show symptoms and several days before a carrier is considered capable of spreading it to other people. That is also around four days before current tests can detect the virus. |
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05-01-2020, 07:55 PM | #26451 | |
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05-01-2020, 07:56 PM | #26452 |
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CNN: 6 feet is not enough! Need 5 million rapid tests a day to reopen in July! Will only stop covid with herd immunity but stay shutdown anyway so we don't overwhelm hospitals! No state, none, has met the criteria! We care about your family, and poor people who can't work because shutdown! Remdisivir is not a game changer! We may never have a vaccine! But stay quarantined amyway! We follow science!
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05-01-2020, 07:57 PM | #26453 |
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05-01-2020, 07:59 PM | #26454 | |
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Also tonight was the first time I’ve ever used a nebulizer, and it had me a bit light headed. Didn’t love it. Is that key for clearing out the lungs? I’ll use it as long as it helps, but I asked my poor Doc so many questions but I didn’t dig into the whole nebulizer machine. The way I understood it (very limited biology knowledge) I have bronchial inflammation as well as pneumonia in my right lung. I asked if it looked like I had lung damage, like maybe from Covid prior (all the stuff I learn on here) and he politely smiled and said no, 90% chance that this treatment schedule works and I’m good to go and if not he said there were other options he could explore. I was asking catastrophic outcome questions, and he seemed rather confident whatever the tests say I’ll be alright. He did seem surprised to see the pneumonia. |
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05-01-2020, 08:10 PM | #26455 |
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05-01-2020, 08:25 PM | #26456 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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The drug is going to help the bronichial constriction through different mechanisms depending upon what he wrote for. If it was albuterol (most likely) then the medication will activate the beta-2 receptors in your lungs, which leads to relaxation. You might have some shakiness, lightheadedness, and an increased heartbeat. Those are all other actions stimulated by beta-2 agonists in our body (we can't selectively turn those on, unfortunately). He could also have written for a combination of albuterol and ipratropium, which will do what I said above, just through different mechanisms (targeting muscarinic receptors with different side effects for ipratropium). As far as other treatments, you're on it. Levaquin is the biggest gun they'll give you for outpatient treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (fluoroquinolones have increasing issues with resistance and shouldn't be used much in children, those with heart arrhythmias or the elderly because of side effects). Levaquin is nice because it has better strep pneumo coverage than ciprofloxacin, and better gram-positive coverage (which it sacrifices for gram-negative coverage that cipro does better), and also covers atypical bacterial pathogens. You sound like a pretty ideal patient--motivated to learn, eating well, exercises, few, if any comorbidities. I'd certainly bet heavily on you being fine. |
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05-01-2020, 08:27 PM | #26457 |
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05-01-2020, 08:40 PM | #26458 |
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It’s been two weeks since Jacksonville’s beaches opened. Duval county had about 850 cases on April 17. Today it’s 1025. That’s an increase of about 12–13 per day. Deaths have risen from 15 to 22. They have been pretty steady trending towards reductions, as is the case statewide. Pretty clear though that allowing people to go outside hasn’t really had an affect there.
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05-01-2020, 08:41 PM | #26459 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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Either way, best of luck. You'll do well. |
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05-01-2020, 08:42 PM | #26460 | ||
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