Covid-19, CPAP cleaning regimen

raisedfist wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 17, 2020 5:39 pm

The most prevalent symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, dry cough and shortness of breath. Likely the first two symptoms and feeling unwell would come before the shortness of breath due to COVID-19.

We are advised to call our physician if we feel unwell and tell them everything and get further guidance.

I could MAYBE see an irregularly high respiratory rate being a cause for concern if it's not normal for you, especially baseline while awake and masked up, indicating a higher work of breathing, but a higher RR can be due to many causes such as stress, not sleeping well, bad dreams, or for whatever reason.

Respiratory wise, in such patient populations that are sick and/or having a hard time breathing, when you see a higher RR it's physiologically to compensate for lower than normal tidal volumes, to try and maintain adequate ventilation. The problem becomes those shallow breaths are more work and less efficient.

raisedfist wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:55 am

The tricky part is those with underlying respiratory or other diseases. If you are mildly ill with a cold or maybe the flu, you can still become short of breath because it doesn't take much to overwhelm the body. That's when it's key to be in touch with someone medical and relay the symptoms fast. You can still call and if recommended go to an urgent care, perhaps with a mask on if they ask you to. You shouldn't not seek treatment for anything just because it isn't covid-19, but the move of the hour is to call, inform and wait for further instruction.

In the next few weeks we are going to see our hospitals tested quite a bit. Even the national stockpile of masks and ventilators is not very encouraging. Hopefully people are reaching out to point of sales, vendors who have vents in stock for sale, and getting all the ones they can. There has to be tons of used vents out there.

nanwilson wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:23 am

I am doing what needs to be done so that I will still be alive and kicking when this is all over.

chunkyfrog wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:56 am

I would think many voters will opt for mail-in ballots wherever possible.

nanwilson wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:23 am

Babydino:

I also have allergies, asthma, & heart condition, but I am taking care to NOT go out of the house for any reason. Daughter has to work too but she calls me every day before coming home and asks if I need anything in town before she leaves. Yesterday she called and I needed a few fresh veggies from the store, so she stopped off and picked me up what I needed..... easy ...right. I am not going stir crazy either because I have books to read, quilts to make and embroidery to finish..... NO TIME to be bored in my house. Oh, and I also have done a pile of cooking, filling containers and putting it in the freezer....JUST IN CASE!
I don't have time to complain either... I just put on my old lady panties and do what has to be done.

I don't care what others think about the corona virus, if they believe the hype or not, its here and I remember how sick I was with the original H1N1, so I am doing what needs to be done so that I will still be alive and kicking when this is all over.

Cheers to all ... and please stay healthy!!!!!!!!!!
Nan