Attention: Do not self medicate


swatkats

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Veteran

I know of people who got admitted to Hospitals without proper assessment as they were taking paracetamol and Allergy tablets.

1. Consult a doctor first (Practo/callhealth/1mg) or any other trusted platform if you are worried about going out. If your family doctor is available through phone that would be a good option.
2. If required go for Covid tests or else simple blood tests like CBC, LFT, ESR, CRP should be more than enough.

LASTLY, Wear a Mask and practice social distancing.
 
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red dragon

Justiceforall
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Possibly the most exhaustive study done on self medication in recent times ( it's a Polish study, where the doctor patient ratio is lowest in EU 2.4 per thousand, in India its 1: 1436)
A lot of effort went into this. Please read at least the findings before jumping into any conclusion.
 

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burntwingzZz

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Is this the most correct and appropriate recommendation ?
 

swatkats

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red dragon

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Everything the doc said is acurate from clinical POV ( AFAIK) but very simple, basic things can get complicated during pandemics.
Fatigue is the biggest problem for doctors working in ER/ critical care which leads to mistakes.
Reducing workload on them is very crucial. Triage, I think, is a very harsh word in medicine. Each and every life is equally important for the concerned families, loosing a father/ mother in 50s or 90s is equally painful for a son or daughter.
But in situations like this, triage becomes extremely important, can you guys find videos demonstrating triage?