Cases of flu, but also of Covid, are increasing in our country, and hospitals are already suffocated by the large number of patients. Doctor Carmen Dorobăț explained what we must do if we are infected with both viruses.
In our country, the number of cases of flu, but also of Covid, is increasing. Some hospitals in the country have run out of available beds for patients presenting with respiratory infections.
Unfortunately, children’s hospitals are also full, and the situation could get worse after schools start.
Doctor Carmen Dorobăț explained, on Antena 3 CNN, that there is a possibility of infection with both viruses.
“When we have a mixed infection, for example influenza virus and coronavirus, then it is easy to understand that we are talking about a double aggression at the level of the respiratory system.
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Of course, we will have to seek the advice of the family doctor or the emergency room, and not necessarily when we have a fever of 39, because there are people with a number of diseases, who do not take a temperature, because of the associated pathologies.
When we feel sick and see that our general condition is affected, we have to contact the doctor on call or the family doctor”, explained the doctor, on Antena 3 CNN.
The doctor states that rapid tests can be used successfully in this situation, with a low false positive rate.
“There are rapid tests which, in my experience over the last two months, are medically good in the sense that they give true positive results.
The false positive rate is low. There are tests that offer the possibility of determination for the flu and for the coronavirus, and in this way we can elucidate whether it is the flu or the coronavirus,” added doctor Carmen Dorobăț.
2024-01-07 15:46:00
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