YOU
YOU JOINING US. >> I AM IN MY HOME OFFICE, YEAH.
>> THAT'S A NICE OFFICE.
LET'S GET TO OUR FIRST
QUESTION, DR. RICK.
ARE THERE ANY DIGESTIVE RELATED
SIMILARS TO CORONAVIRUS THAT
MAY SHALL SURFACING THAT PEOPLE
SHOULD BE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
>> YES, THERE ARE.
INITIALLY WE FELT THAT
CORONAVIRUS WAS ENTIRELY A
RESPIRATORY FLU-LIKE SYNDROME.
BUT, WE NOW ARE LEARNING THAT
PEOPLE HAVE GASTROINTESTINAL
SYMPTOMS INCLUDING MILD
ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT OR
PAIN, DIARRHEA, IN DIGESTION
TYPE SYMPTOMS, THOSE MAY BE THE
FIRST SYMPTOMS THAT PATIENTS
ARE INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS.
SO, YOU NEED TO BE AWARE THOSE
SYMPTOMS AND SHOULD BE
CONSULTING WITH THEIR DOCTOR IF
THEY HAVE THEM.
>> .
IS PINK EYE AN EARLY SYMPTOMS
OF CORONAVIRUS?
>> NOT THAT I'M AWARE.
I'VE SEEN NO REPORTS OF PINK
EYE, PINK EYE IS A VIRAL
INFECTION TYPICALLY AND A
SPECIFIC SET OF VIRAL
INFECTIONS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN
DESCRIBED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
AND WE'VE NOT SEEN PATIENTS
WITH THAT.
>> ANOTHER ONE COMING IN.
>> I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TEST
FOR YOU I THINK I SAW THIS
YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, IS
LOSING SENSE OF
SMELL OR TASTE AN INDICATOR OF
CORONAVIRUS?
>> SO THAT'S A COULDN'T VERY
ONE, THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED,
IT'S NOT CONSISTENT.
THE REPORTS ARE VARIABLE.
BUT, WE DO HAVE ANECDOTAL
REPORTS THAT PATIENTS HAVE LOST
SENSE OF SMELL AND TASTE AS AN
EARLY INDICATOR OF THE VIRUS.
SO, AGAIN, MY RECOMMENDATION IS
THAT'S -- THAT'S OCCURRED,
SHOULD BE CONTACTING YOUR
PHYSICIAN FOR FURTHER
ADVICE.
>> I CAN'T ANOTHER EARLY
SYMPTOM, LOSS 6 TASTE, SMELL.
>> IT CAN BE.
>> YES, ANECDOTALLY.
WHAT ABOUT SMOKING, THAT'S THE
NEXT ONE COMING IN.
>> SO, SMOKING IS NOT A GOOD
THING AND SMOKING PUTS YOU AT
RISK FOR MANY ILLNESSES AND
CERTAINLY IT PUTS YOU
AT RISK FOR UPPER RESPIRATORY
INFECTION WHICH CORONAVIRUS IS.
CORONAVIRUS IN PARTICULAR HAS A
LUNGS, NOT ONLY THE LUNGS
THEMSELVES BUT IMMUNE SYSTEM,
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
SMOKING HAS A WIDESPREAD EFFECT
ON THE HUMAN BODY.
MAKING YOU VULNERABLE TO CATCH
BE THE ILLNESS AND MAKES IT
MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO FIGHT
THE VIRUS AND MAKES YOU MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE COMPLICATIONS.
>> NEXT ONE COMING IN, AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE CONFUSED ABOUT
THIS, LET'S SAY YOU TEST
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS,
YOU DO THE 14 DAYS OF
ISOLATION.
AT WHAT POINT DO YOU BE
RETESTED?
>> SO THAT'S A LITTLE
CONTROVERSIAL FRANKLY.
I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE TESTS THAT
WE'RE USING CURRENTLY IS JUST A
POINT IN TIME AND IT
BASICALLY TESTS WHETHER YOU
HAVE A GENETIC EVIDENCE OF THE
VIRUS IN YOUR BLOOD.
WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT YOU
HAVE THE DISEASE.
NOW, YOU COULD BE ASYMPTOMATIC,
MEANING NO SYMPTOMS WHATSOEVER.
YOU COULD HAVE MILD TO MODERATE
SYMPTOMS OR SEVERE SYMPTOMS.
AND SO THIS IS NOT A PREDICTOR
OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN AT THAT
MOMENT IN TIME YOU HAVE THE
VIRUS IN YOUR BLOOD.
SO, THE RECOMMENDATION IS 14
DAYS OF ISOLATION, CAN YOU NOT
TRANSMIT THAT VIRUS WHILE UNDER
ISOLATION.
IT ALLOWS YOU 14 DAYS FOR THE
DISEASE TO TAKE ITS NATURAL AND
NORMAL COURSE.
MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT BE
SYMPTOMATIC DURING THAT TIME OR
MODERATE SYMPTOMS.
AFTER 14 DAYS THE EVIDENCE IS
THAT NO LONGER ARE INFECTED,
YOUR BODY HAS OVERCOME THE
DISEASE AND YOU ARE NOT
SHEDDING THE HAVE RUSS ANY
FURTHER.
SO AT THAT POINT YOU SHOULD BE
SAFE TO GO BACK TO WORK OR
INTERACT WITH FOLKS.
AGAIN, MAINTAINING SOCIAL
DISTANCE BECAUSE WHILE WE NEED
TO DO THAT UNTIL THIS IS OVER.
NOW YOU CAN BE -- VARIOUS
GUIDELINES, THE CDC HAS
GUIDELINES AROUND RETESTING,
YOU COULD BE RETESTED AT
ANYTIME.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO BE
RETESTED THE DAY AFTER HAD YOU
A TEST.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO TYPICALLY YOU NEED TO
WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE NOT
SYMPTOMATIC ANYMORE WHICH
TYPICALLY IS IN THE RANGE OF 3
TO 5 DAYS.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THEN SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR TWO
SEQUENTIAL NEGATIVE TESTS
BEFORE YOU CAN BE DECLARED
REALLY VIRUS FLEE.
>> OKAY.
YEAH.
THOSE ARE ALL GOOD POINTS, WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK
BREAK, YOU CAN TEST NEGATIVE
AND ON YOUR WAY HOME
CONTRACT