• +27 (0)21 879 4264
  • info@assicfitness.com
  • My account
  • Cart

  • Home
  • Applications
    • Resting Heart Rate
    • Recovery Heart Rate
    • Fitness
    • Performance Fingerprint
    • Strength and Conditioning
  • Health Professionals
    • Find your Professional
    • Book a Professional
  • Education
    • Know your Body
      • Body profile
      • Cardiac
      • Exercise/Rehab Routines
      • Fitness
      • Fluid Balance
      • Muscle
      • Bone/Tendon/Joint
      • My Surgery
      • Yoga
      • Nutrition
    • Blog
      • Articles
      • Monthly Routines
      • News and Opinion Pieces
    • COVID-19
      • What You Need to Know
      • Overview of COVID-19
      • COVID-19 Map
    • How to Use the Apps
      • Performance Fingerprint
      • COVID-19 Vitals
      • Connecting Professionals
    • Biomarkers
      • COVID-19
      • Infection/Inflammation
      • Endurance
      • Hydration
      • Performance Fatigue
      • Metabolism
      • Muscle Cramps
      • Nutrition
    • Medical
      • Hip
      • Knee
      • Ankle/Foot
      • Shoulder
      • Elbow
      • Wrist/Hand
      • Back
  • Health Calculators
  • About
    • Contributors
      • Become a Contributor
    • Partners
      • Lancet Laboratories
    • Professionals
    • Press
    • Professional Dual View Access Application
  • Contact
âś•

What You Need to Know About The COVID-19 Infection

Categories
  • Blog
  • COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
  • Education
  • News
Tags
  • COVID-19
testing facilities
testing laboratories for COVID-19

COVID-19 Infection​

Use ASSIC Performance Fingerprint to upload and monitor your health parameters

apple app store  google play store

Biology


  • Most likely source of virus infection originated from transition from Pangolins to Humans and subsequent spread from human to human
  • Infection can be spread by asymptomatic carriers
  • Viral particles enter in lungs via droplet infection. Other modes of infection unclear​

Epidemiology:

  • Typical incubation time 4-14 days (up to 24 days)​
  • China notified WHO 31-12-2019
  • WHO declared pandemic 11-03-2020

At risk:

  • Congregations of people
  • Areas of infections

Symptoms


  • Cough (65-80%)
  • Fever (45%)
  • Shortness of breath (20-40%)​
  • Upper respiratory tract symptoms (15%)​
  • Gastrointestinal symptoms (10%)​

Monitor relevant Vitals

  • Temperature
  • Heart rate and BP
  • Respiratory rate

Laboratory investigations​


  • Decreased WCC and lymphopaenia
  • Increase BUN/Cr
  • LFTs: increase in AST/ALT/Tbil​
  • Increase D-dimer​
  • Increase CRP
  • Increase LDH
  • Decrease Procalcitonin (if secondary bacterial infection it will be elevated)​
  • PCR COVID-19 test

Chest X-ray


  • Hazy bilateral peripheral opacities on chest X-ray
  • CT scan: ground glass opacities, consolidation
Click to access Lancet Laboratories for diagnostic and monitoring pathology services

Treatment


Prevention
  • Prevent infection with necessary precautions​
  • Hand cleaning: 20+ seconds with soap and water or preferably alcohol based solution​
  • Isolate/Quarantine​

Anti flu viral medication and anti retroviral medication being used. Treatment experimental presently. Guidelines to follow.​
  • Remdesivir: anti RNA polymerase​
  • Chloroquine: blocks virus entry into endosome​​
  • Tocilizumab: block IL-6​​

Supportive treatment
  • Avoid anti-inflammatory medication (NSAID)​​
  • Respiratory failure management
  • Adequate nutrition
  • Prolonged bed rest: Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) exercise routine to prevent DVT and pulmonary embolism complications

Mortality associated with:
  • Elderly​​​
  • Immunocompromised individulas: examples include HIV/Oncology patients​
  • Medical conditions: Diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease

Laboratory predictors of poor outcome:
  • Increase D dimer​​​
  • Increase ferritin​
  • Increase troponin​
  • Increase cardiac myoglobin​
  • Monitor secondary infection​

Use ASSIC Performance Fingerprint to upload and monitor your health parameters

apple app store  google play store

Precaution


  • Glove protection
  • N95 masks
  • Hand hygiene:20 + seconds with soap and water or alcohol containing solution​

References

Nick Mark (@nickmmark)​

Related posts

Hand
May 13, 2022

Hand/Wrist Examination


Read more
Elbow
May 12, 2022

Elbow Examination


Read more
MRI Technique
May 10, 2022

Elbow MRI


Read more
Radiology
May 10, 2022

Elbow X-ray


Read more
assic fitness and health white logo

ASSIC is a pioneering technology based Sports Science Company designing tools to assist in personal fitness management for individuals and professional athletes.

Education

  • Home
  • Applications
  • Health Professionals
  • Education
  • Health Calculators
  • About
  • Contact

Our Applications

  • Resting Heart Rate
  • Recovery Heart Rate
  • Fitness
  • Strength and Conditioning
  • Performance Fingerprint
  • Medical Examination

Download our Applications

apple app store
google play store
© 2022 ASSIC Medical (PTY) Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Created and Hosted by: Lava Lamp Lab
0

R0.00

  • My account
  • Cart
✕

Login

Lost your password?

Create an account?

Change Location
Find awesome listings near you!