I am COVID-19 positive. How to manage it?

Hi,

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I am deeply saddened by your illness. Have you already had a chest CT? Pls. have an eye on your breathing frequency. If you have more than 20 breaths per minute, you should seek hospitalization.

As to the headache. Unfortunately, COVID-19 can also enter the brain and cause inflammation there. That’s the most likely explanation. I’m normally very skeptical in regard to opioids. But in this case, Tramadol would be a good choice for short term use. If this doesn’t help you need to be treated in a hospital. Please do not take Tylenol since Acetaminophen is highly liver-toxic in high doses and COVID is stressing your liver anyway. And maybe you should switch from Advil to Aspirin 500mg, 3 times a day because Aspirin also prevents the formation of blood clots, a common complication of COVID. Advil does not have this effect.

What is more: convincing small studies indicate that the OTC medications Famotidin (3x40mg a day) and Clemastin (4x1mg a day) might help to reduce the symptom burden of Covid significantly within 24 to 48 hours. Since they are OTC products and in general well tolerated this might be worth a try. Please be careful. As soon as you feel a sudden deterioration of your condition, please call an ambulance. I wish you a speedy recovery.