Nagpur: a slow but sure increase in the number of new covid patients in the district for the past three days has raised the doctor’s eyebrows and new claims now take the central stage.
Some doctors say patients show symptoms, but are testing negative in RT-PCR but their lung scanning CT reveals very bad conditions.
“Suddenly, fever patients grow around us.
Many people have begun to show symptoms such as fever, coughing because of cold.
Because there is a dengue fever outbreak too, the doctor treats this patient because of diseases such as dengue fever.
In addition, the RT-PCR results are negative In many cases, the scanning of computed tomography (HRCT) high resolution shows soil glass opacity that is similar to what is seen in Covid, “said Dr.
Prashant Chakkarwar.
“You shouldn’t forget that even in the last wave, the RT-PCR test is a negative covid on many people, but the HRCT scan shows ground glass opacity,” he added.
During the second wave, HRCT is a very commonly used diagnostic tool and many doctors recommend it to the patient regardless of their RT-PCR status.
Now, very few patients have completed their CT scanning.
Radiolog confirmed that HRCT requests have dropped significantly.
“There are fewer takers for HRCT now.
Previously, we used to make people aware of the fact that recurrent HRCT for health, there are still many used to insist on scanning CT.
Now, there is no doctor who recommends it, or an enthusiastic patient,” Director said The leading personal radiodiagnosis center in Western Nagpur.
A leading pediatrician also claimed that he had seen several children in an icus with poor lungs, but their RT-PCR was negative.
On September 5, TII reported that doctors were testing positive covids and warnings were being circulated in a group of doctors to maintain the vigil, especially when examining patients in OPSD.
On Tuesday, 10 medical students had tested positive Covid.
A doctor is in care at AIIMS.
Everything has taken both vaccine doses.
This shows that breakthrough infection (positive covid after both doses) is real.
A senior member of the Covid-19 task arranged told toi that the genome sequencing of new patients must be done on priority.
‘RT-PCR -Ve, but the HRCT shows the lungs affected. Can Covid ‘
