Q. My blood parameters are raised. Is it due to Dexamethasone or COVID-19?

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According to your reports (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity), your D-dimer level is normal, so you do not have to worry because patients with raised D-dimer levels are more prone to develop bleeding disorders like DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulation), deep vein thrombosis, etc. These are life-threatening conditions. So, a normal D-dimer level is the most crucial factor for the prognosis of a disease. As a part of the ongoing disease process, chemical mediators and acute-phase proteins like ferritin, LDH (lactate dehydrogenase), CRP (c-reactive protein), IL-6 (interleukin 6), etc., will be raised for a certain period, atleast for fifteen to twenty more days after the disease subsides. Your fever has declined and is already over thirteen days of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), which were the crucial period for prognosis. No need to worry now. COVID-19 infection cannot spread and worsen the respiratory function after successful treatment of fourteen days. So, quitting Dexamethasone will not affect anything. It will take some more time for your levels to become normal. Take care and knock me in case of any query. Thank you.

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Thanks for joining again. As you feel better now, which is the most important thing you should relax now. After becoming positive for COVID-19 infection, fourteen days have passed, which is crucial for prognosis. Nothing will worsen after this. Apart from your blood tests, you could have repeated the RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test on the fourteenth or fifteenth day to know whether you are COVID-19 positive or not. You do not have to repeat other blood tests here because these markers' elevation only suggests that you were previously infected by some type of infection like COVID-19. You have almost recovered from COVID-19. So you can calm and relax. Take care and in case of any other query ask me.

Same symptoms doesn’t mean you have the same problem. Consult a doctor now!

Dr. Muhammad Zubayer Alam

Experience: 15 + Yrs

Pulmonology (Asthma Doctors)

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