Summary:
Several patients report lung infection right from the onset, which earlier used to take about five-six days.
We however recommend the patients to wait for five days for the diagnosis if their symptoms are not very severe.
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Prakash Chandra, 59, did not have any symptoms of Covid-19 but got himself tested after his son tested positive.
His report came positive.
When his doctor insisted on a CT scan after his blood tests revealed high sugar levels and inflammatory markers, it was found that 50% of his lung was involved.
His oxygen saturation too had dipped to 85.
All this on Day-1 itself.
He is now admitted to the hospital with his son whose scan has revealed nearly 60% damage to his lungs by the virus.
Even as the debate on importance of HRCT rages on after the statement of AIIMS-D director Dr Randeep Guleria that HRCT did not serve any purpose in mild and home isolated Covid-19 patients, city-based radiologists are busy with high number of infected and suspected patients lining up for high-resolution CT (HRCT) of thorax (chest and lungs) to understand the lung involvement and severity of the infection.