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A tool to help determine how long you need to isolate, quarantine, or take other steps to prevent spreading COVID-19.
<aside> š©ø Hemoptysis / Blood-Tinged Sputum
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The most important initial study, beyond history and physical examination, for all patients presenting with hemoptysis is a chest radiograph.
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Who should continue isolation for ā„10 daysĀ ā Persons who continue to have fevers or whose symptoms have not improved after five days of isolation, those with a positive viral test performed around day 5, and those who are unable to wear a mask around others should continue to isolate at home for the full 10 days.
Those with moderate or severe disease should also isolate for ā„10 days. For patients with severe disease, the duration of isolation may need to be extended up to 20 days, as discussed above. (SeeĀ 'Symptom- and time-based strategies'Ā above.)
Here's how to decide if you're safe to go out when you're recovering from omicron
"For some people with omicron, it happens very, very fast. They turn positive and then they hit their peak very quickly. For others, it takes many days" ā up to eight or even 10 days after turning positive, says the study's senior author,Ā Dr. Yonatan Grad, an associate professor of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
AnotherĀ small study from JapanĀ found that virus levels were highest on days three through six, and then gradually started to drop off. After 10 days, nobody in the study had infectious virus detectable on a PCR test.