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  • 30 Years
  • 20/02/2025

I've been dealing with Covid for 18 days and I'm on treatment right now. I'm still running a fever around 99.1 and feeling a bit of breathlessness. My doctor decided not to go for a CT scan due to the risks and put me on Foracort 400. Should I be asking my doctor if a CT scan might be necessary at this point?

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