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Home Health Query Pulmonology/ Respiratory Medicine My mom recently got over COVID and tested negative...

Female
70 Years
20/02/2025

My mom recently got over COVID and tested negative, but her CT scan shows around 64% of her lungs are affected. She's been doing breathing exercises online, but her oxygen levels dip when she goes for a walk. What should we do? I'm really worried.

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Dr Shubham Chauhan

General Practitioner

MBBS
4+ Yrs

do regular exercises for some months she will improve

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