Three indications for COVID-19 hospitalization

What are the indications for the treatment of covid in a hospital setting? There are three important metrics

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If the saturation is above 93 – calm we are treated at home.

Indications for hospitalization: firstly, saturation is below 93 during oxygen therapy – that is, when you have 92, you give oxygen, and saturation increases, then you can breathe at home using a concentrator, if the concentrator does not increase or there is no concentrator, then you go to the hospital …

Secondly, mental disorders against the background of covid are also a reason to get a job in a hospital.

Thirdly, with self-medication of covid, intestinal syndrome is very often dangerous – when diarrhea develops against the background of an elevated temperature and rapid dehydration is possible, it is very difficult to deal with this at home, complications are possible, therefore, doctor’s supervision and intravenous administration of drugs are required.

Another indication for hospitalization is a high temperature – above 39 degrees – in the absence of the body’s response to antipyretic drugs.

Are there any contraindications for coronavirus vaccination?

There are indeed contraindications, but they common to all vaccines… This is a current acute infectious disease, accompanied by inflammation, fever. Perhaps a course of chemotherapy for cancer, because drugs that suppress immunity will simply not allow the body to form a normal immune response to vaccination.

Everything. I do not know any other contraindications.

Are chronic allergy sufferers more vulnerable to coronavirus?

No, allergy sufferers are not more vulnerable to coronavirus. Therefore, there are no special recommendations for them. Everyone needs to be careful – the dose matters.

In principle, as of today, there is still no convincing work that even severe allergic diseases, in particular, bronchial asthmapredispose to a severe course of coronavirus infection.

Another question is that a person with allergies, especially those with drug allergies, being admitted to the hospital and receiving a bunch of different medications, can get a bunch of new problems in addition to coronavirus.

But in general, there is no evidence that people with allergies who take such drugs, get sick more severely than others.

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