Merdeka.com – COVID-19 is a disease that attacks the respiratory tract and lungs. Even so, there are things that differentiate COVID-19 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
“There is no fever (in COPD), which is the most dangerous because of the same age factor. If COVID-19 gets older (the patient’s age), the mortality rate will also get higher, while COPD is usually over 50 years of age. If he has COVID-19 , the probability of him dying is also high, “said a pulmonary specialist from the Indonesian Lung Doctors Association (PDPI) Branch Jakarta, Budhi Antariksa some time ago, reported by Antara.
In addition, COPD is not like COVID-19 which is characterized by a cough but mostly no phlegm, muscle pain, olfactory disturbances, in some cases patients also experience diarrhea, abdominal pain and urinary tract infections. According to Budhi, symptoms of COPD are only limited to the respiratory area and if shortness of breath does not occur then great changes may not be accompanied by COVID-19.
To confirm the diagnosis, doctors usually suggest a number of things. There are X-rays, laboratory examinations, using a spirometry device to check for sputum, germs or fungi to analysis of blood gases in case of severe tightness.
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