How do doctors treat COVID-19 in the hospital?
ANSWER
Doctors will check you for more serious problems. They might:
- Check the levels of oxygen in your blood with a clip-on finger monitor
- Listen to your lungs
- Give you a chest X-ray or CT scan
You may get oxygen to breathe through two small tubes that go just inside your nostrils. In very serious cases, doctors will connect you to a machine that can breathe for you, called a ventilator.
You may also get fluids through an IV to keep you from getting dehydrated. Doctors will also closely monitor your breathing.
Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario on August 11, 2020
SOURCES:
CDC: “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).”
Richard Lassiter, MD, department of emergency medicine, Emory University Hospital.
Medscape: "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment and Management,” “So You Have a COVID-19 Patient; How Do You Treat Them?”
SOURCES:
CDC: “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).”
Richard Lassiter, MD, department of emergency medicine, Emory University Hospital.
Medscape: "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment and Management,” “So You Have a COVID-19 Patient; How Do You Treat Them?”
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