Posts Tagged ‘COVID-19’
COVID -19 and the Heart (Part 1)
How does COVID-19 affect the heart? In answer to that question, we have to look at two different populations. One group involves generally healthy individuals with no risk factors for heart disease and no pre-existing heart conditions and the other involves patients who are high risk individuals with underlying hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, smokers and…
Read MoreTesting for COVID-19 (nuclei acid test and antibody)
Testing for COVID-19. The Panther Fusion® SARS-CoV-2 Assay There are currently two types of tests available for COVID-19. It is important to know the difference and the value of each test. The first test is to check for active infection. That is called a NAAT test (nucleic acid test). If you have symptoms of COVID-19…
Read MoreMortality Statistics of Covid-19
The reported mortality rate has varied across the world. China’s mortality is about 2-4% depending on the region. Iran is thought to be underreporting its mortality but even then data suggested 7-8% mortality. Italy had the highest mortality of 8-9% thought partiality related to the age of the population. Italy’s demographics is heavily weighted toward…
Read MoreSymptoms of COVID-19
The most common presenting symptoms of COVID-19 illness are fever, dry cough, shortness of breath and other common viral symptoms such as sore throat. The fever is very common, occurring in 88% of patients. But a small number of patients don’t present with fever and health professionals need to be aware of that. About 65%…
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