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Author of the Northwell study and geriatrician Dr. “We’re not surprised by that,” said Maria Carney. “Older adults don’t always turn out like other adults. They cannot raise the fever. Their metabolisms are different.”

Dr. Carney explained that younger diabetics, for example, may sweat and experience palpitations when their blood sugar drops. An elderly person with low blood sugar may pass out without warning. Older people suffering from depression may experience a loss of appetite or insomnia, but may not feel sad.

In May 2020, Dr. Carney heard from a daughter in her 80s who was worried about her mother, who was suddenly weakening. Dr. “He didn’t have a fever or cough, but he wasn’t himself,” Carney recalled. His daughter reported that doctors at a local emergency room diagnosed a urinary tract infection and prescribed antibiotics. After five days, however, her mother’s condition was deteriorating. Dr. “He needs a Covid test,” Carney advised.

Diagnosing Covid quickly in older patients can make a world of difference. D., chief of infectious diseases at Brown University’s Warren Alpert School of Medicine, who led the Providence nursing home research. “We will now offer what we did not have in the first wave,” said Eleftherios Mylonakis. “We have a better understanding, more treatments, better support.”

Improvements include the use of anticoagulant drugs to prevent clotting and the use of immune-boosting monoclonal antibodies (the treatment that former President Trump received at Walter Reed Hospital). However, Dr. “It is very important to start any treatment early,” Mylonakis added.

Understanding that something vague, such as weakness, confusion or loss of appetite, could indicate a Covid infection can also help protect your friends and family, who may then isolate and test themselves. Dr. “Not only does it help the individual, but it can contain the spread of the virus,” Mylonakis said. Said.

A Covid diagnosis can also prevent unnecessary tests and procedures. Dr. “We can avoid the unnecessary testing, the poking and poking, the CT scans,” Carney said. CT scans are expensive, cumbersome and time consuming to plan and analyze; A nasal swab for Covid is quick, relatively inexpensive, and now widely available.