My Father Recovered Covid-19 After 21 Days Hospitalization And Today Released Still He Have Problems In Breathing.

Posted on Sun, 6 Sep 2020

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Question : My Father Recovered Covid-19 after 21 days hospitalization and today 14 days completed home isolation but still he have Problems in breathing.
his Slow level is normally 91-92 but after any short walk it reach 85.
what will I do.

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Breathing exercises

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to Ask A Doctor service.

I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

I think post COVID, your father is having some inflammation in the respiratory tract. He can be given inhaler to breath better for some activity like aerocort inhaler.
Also breathing exercises are needed. He can take 10 long deep breaths every hour or he can use lung exerciser for the purpose or learn pranayam (like alternate nostril breathing) and do it regularly.

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar