These patients opted for home quarantine, beat the pandemic

Hubballi: Although being informed about having tested positive for the novel coronavirus can be a bit of a dampener, many Covid-19 patients in Hubballi-Dharwad managed to recover, not merely from the shock, but also from the infection, all of this while opting for isolation at home.
Among those who have successfully beaten the infection without paying a visit to the hospital are elderly patients, one of whom is a 67-year-old trader at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) yard in Deshpande Nagar in Hubballi, who went into a tizzy of panic, when on July 13 he was informed via a call from the officials of the health and family welfare department that he had been confirmed infected. The government having decreed that Covid-19 patients who were either asymptomatic or suffering mild symptoms could opt for isolation at home, the elderly man opted to stay in a room on the second floor of his home, which had an adjoining bathroom.
The 67-year-old man admitted to TOI that he could not sleep on the day he was confirmed infected. “I was given tablets for the fever I had, and the next day, it abated a little. By the third day, my condition had improved. I had no fever and my throat was no longer sore. I was also being given kashaya made at home, and I started practising yoga. I never watched TV, but started reading books. Healthy food, good sleep and some pills helped me recover, and I was declared fit to be out of quarantine after a fortnight,” he said.
In another case, a 37-year-old man, resident of Old Hubballi, working at a private firm, said that he had a sore throat and fever when he was confirmed infected. “I stay with my mother, and I opted for home quarantine. I consulted our family doctor, and my neighbours were kind enough to get me the medicines I needed, and they provided us food for nearly a fortnight,” he said.
The patient was equally effusive in expressing gratitude to doctors at the Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, who called him regularly and ensured he stayed positive. His routine was not dissimilar to that of the elderly patient, only that he opted to watch movies during his stay at home, while staying on a healthy diet that included lot of dry fruits. “I started feeling much better from the very third day,” he added.
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