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The cost of coronavirus treatment depends, of course, on many factors, including the course, duration of the disease, symptoms, but also on the attending physician (if the patient is in contact with a physician). In my case, there was a bag of drugs and quite a lot of money.
- I had the coronavirus for a total of over three weeks
- Initially I took antiviral and reliever medications, then had to go through two antibiotics as well
- The course of the disease was moderate – it did not require hospitalization
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The cost of treating COVID-19 at home – the first stage of the disease
Initially, I had the same COVID-19 infection as my sinusitis. I was convinced that it was this disease, especially since I have a tendency to it – I suffer from sinus disease with great regularity. So at this stage I took the same steps as usual in this situation: over-the-counter sinus medication, saline and water irrigations, infrared lamp irradiation, antiviral medication, and sore throat pills. Plus vitamin D and vitamin C.
I paid 116,94 zlotys for such a set in the pharmacy.
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The cost of treating COVID-19 at home – the second stage of the disease
Although the above set always worked for me, this time it was different. After four days, my condition worsened, so I opted for teleportation. Diagnosis: sinusitis. I got a prescription for an antibiotic, a runny nose and a bronchodilator. I was also supposed to buy a probiotic and antipyretic drugs (with ibuprofen and paracetamol, to be used alternately).
The cost of the second stage of treatment was PLN 164,87 in total.
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The cost of treating COVID-19 at home – the third stage of the disease
After I finished taking the antibiotic and other medications, my condition improved slightly. Unfortunately, only for two days. On the third day, I developed shortness of breath, loss of smell and taste, and increased temperature. So there was no longer any doubt what I really had. During the next teleportation, I was prescribed a second antibiotic, a nasal steroid, and a set of “auxiliaries” – an antiviral drug with zinc, calcium and two different sets of probiotics. This time the treatment worked. I recovered after the next few days.
The third time I left PLN 119,34 at the pharmacy.
After adding up all the drugs I have purchased, the final sum is 401,15 PLN. Obviously, this amount could have been lower if the treatment had been properly administered sooner. However, it would not be possible to avoid the first purchases – when nothing indicated the need for an antibiotic. Especially that at this stage, patients are only recommended drugs that reduce symptoms, such as cough syrup, if a tiring cough occurs.
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How much does it cost to treat a patient with COVID-19? The photo speaks for itself
The cost of treating COVID-19 at home is nothing compared to hospitalization. A few days ago, a photo from a German hospital circulated on the Internet showing the daily treatment of one patient suffering from coronavirus.
On the wave of this publication, “Wyborcza” decided to sum up how much such therapy costs. In the case of a patient who is undergoing intensive care and must use a respirator.
«The average stay of patients in the ICU in cases of severe course of COVID-19 exceeds 24 days. A day of an ICU patient is approximately 4,8 thousand days on average. zloty. It should be added the necessity to use highly specialized equipment used during ICU therapy, e.g. for an oxygenator for the ECMO set you have to pay PLN 20. zloty. Taking all this into account, the average cost of treating a patient exceeds PLN 100. zł »- lists in an interview with« Wyborcza »Dr. Konrad Jarosz, director of the Clinical Hospital No. 1 im. prof. Tadeusz Sokołowski of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin.
Based on the data of the Małopolska branch of the National Health Fund, journalists managed to establish that one of the highest costs of treatment so far was PLN 229 thousand. zloty. It was about a patient who spent 53 days in hospital and was connected to a ventilator.
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