@narendramodi Sir, you said a body can withstand surgery when it is healthy, so u conducted demonitisation to remove black money from the system when economy was strong in 2016. We Nirmal lifestyle kalyan HBs paid full cost of our house by cheque. It is 12 yrs still not got house
@VincentRK This message cannot be emphasised enough! Patients should not pressure doctors and doctors should definitely not feel pressured to prescribe steroids too early! This #mucormycosis fungal infection is far, far worse than Covid!
In patients who have hypoxia, it signals that there is lung involvement. By now the virus is likely controlled by the body and the damage is from the immune system. Only at this stage are steroids useful: at small dose (Dex 6 mg) and short duration (5 days).
In the first week of the illness when the virus is dividing, the use of steroids can suppress the immune response and make the virus divide even more. Steroids are not antivirals. There was a trend to more deaths in RECOVERY trial in patients who were not hypoxic.