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My Brother is covid positive for 1 week. He had a fever for 4 days(100-102 F). Now he has no fever but a dry cough. A doctor gave some tests. Tests reports have arrived but the doctor will be available next Sunday(Today is Thursday). So, can you give some advice on the chest X-ray report and refer to something? Should we wait for Sunday or go to another doctor? Findings: The position and outline of the trachea are normal. Both hemidiaphragm are normal in position, contour, and definition. The area just below the diaphragm is normal. The heart is normal in transverse diameter. Inhomogeneous opacities are noted at both mid and lower zones. The remaining areas are normal. Hila is normal. No mediastinal displacement is seen. Bony thorax appears normal. The soft tissue of the chest cage showed no abnormality IMPRESSION: Bilateral pulmonary inflammatory lesion.
My Brother is covid positive for 1 week. He had a fever for 4 days(100-102 F). Now he has no fever but a dry cough. A doctor gave some tests. Tests reports have arrived but the doctor will be available next Sunday(Today is Thursday). So, can you give some advice on the chest X-ray report and refer to something? Should we wait for Sunday or go to another doctor? Findings: The position and outline of the trachea are normal. Both hemidiaphragm are normal in position, contour, and definition. The area just below the diaphragm is normal. The heart is normal in transverse diameter. Inhomogeneous opacities are noted at both mid and lower zones. The remaining areas are normal. Hila is normal. No mediastinal displacement is seen. Bony thorax appears normal. The soft tissue of the chest cage showed no abnormality IMPRESSION: Bilateral pulmonary inflammatory lesion.
My Brother is covid positive for 1 week. He had a fever for 4 days(100-102 F). Now he has no fever but a dry cough. A doctor gave some tests. Tests reports have arrived but the doctor will be available next Sunday(Today is Thursday). So, can you give some advice on the chest X-ray report and refer to something? Should we wait for Sunday or go to another doctor? Findings: The position and outline of the trachea are normal. Both hemidiaphragm are normal in position, contour, and definition. The area just below the diaphragm is normal. The heart is normal in transverse diameter. Inhomogeneous opacities are noted at both mid and lower zones. The remaining areas are normal. Hila is normal. No mediastinal displacement is seen. Bony thorax appears normal. The soft tissue of the chest cage showed no abnormality IMPRESSION: Bilateral pulmonary inflammatory lesion.
Tab Azithromycin 500mg orally,once daily for 5 days is advised to the patient.Also tab paracetamol 500mg sos for fever,tab levocetrizine 10 mg bedtime for 5 days, syrup salbutamol 10 ml thrice daily for 5 days and steam inhalation is advised to the patient.
Last updated on 27 Dec 2024
