I struggled to breathe with Covid pneumonia and was prescribed only steroids and an inhaler, nothing to treat Covid. Do they only treat the actual disease for older and/or important people?
Wow. I hope you are healed. I really have to wonder just how treatment protocols vary from hospital to hospital, and how hospitalization is determined to be necessary by different docs.
Godspeed to you!
My wife is a nurse - her area was responsible for all the testing in the county, so with all the sick, coughing people coming in we figured it was just a matter of time...
She is a type 1 diabetic so I was real nervous. Her symptoms showed up 2 days before mine and lasted 2 days longer. Her fever was low but she had a dry cough and was VERY tired for about a week.
Doctor prescribed a z-pack told us to take Vitamins D and C along with Zinc.
That does appear to be the standard protocol. Yes.
Some colleagues from the office went down with COVID and got sent home with "steroids and and inhaler". That seems to be the most common treatment.
They were also told to take Vitamin D3 supplements.
It did seem fairly effective. They are back on the payroll, working from home until their quarantine periods expire. They are young people in generally good health up to now.
Initial presenting symptoms were:
The EVMS protocol for actually treating COVID recommends Ivermectin as the major agent, and to start on first presentation of symptoms. They follow up in subsequent days with steroids, antibiotics, and blood thinners. Inhalers (albuterol) seem to be optional.
The EVMS protocol also recommends Vitamin D3 supplements.
The most definitive symptoms appear to be the Headache and loss of Taste and Smell, in combination with the Fever. Some people get only very mild symptoms. A Hospital is going to want a diagnostic test, the newest ones take a finger prick and yield definitive results in 15 minutes.
People do get through this.