Amid the Pink city is reporting irregular Covid cases, the doctors of Jaipur are witnessing lung infections with cough and fever, though none of the patients tested positive for COVID-19 according to reports in media.
Tests are done for other diseases too by the doctors like as dengue, scrub typhus, malaria and even swine flu, but these are also testing negative, reports TNN.
Dr Ajit Singh, superintendent, RUHS Hospital said, “In two days of fever, some patients are developing acute respiratory distress syndrome.”
The reports say, doctors are repeating the RTPCR coronavirus test of admitted patients, but they are showing Covid negative.
Since they are tested negative for dengue, the doctors are calling these cases of dengue-like illness. “The symptoms are similar to dengue but they are not getting tested positive for dengue. All such cases are categorised as dengue-like illness,” said Dr Singh to TOI.
The ICUs in some of the private hospitals are running with full capacity. “We are receiving patients with high requirement of oxygen along with atypical pneumonia and viral pneumonia. But, the good thing is that they all are responding well to the medication,” said Dr Sheetu Singh, consultant pulmonology, at a private hospital.
Similar cases are being reported from different parts of the city which include a retired government employee from Shastri Nagar area, who had involvement of lungs and his platelet count was low.
According to reports published in TNN, “At the time when he was brought to me, his platelet count was below one lakh per microliter of blood and his lungs had an infection. All the tests were conducted from dengue, Covid to scrub typhus to swine flu but all tested negative.” said Dr Adil Aziz, consultant (medicine), at a private hospital.
