Expert advises South Africans when to seek emergency help in the pandemic
One of SA's top Covid-19 experts has advised South Africans to “seek help immediately” if they have chest pains and shortness of breath.
He said it is “difficult to quantify” if many South Africans are failing to seek help when they should, but suspected that “some are delaying seeking care because they’re too afraid of what might happen”. Apart from monitoring these symptoms, another way to check oxygen levels is with a pulse oximeter, but these are not readily available to the public in South Africa.
It’s a small device that clips onto your finger and measures your oxygen saturation levels, and outside of hospitals, one is most likely to see them in an ambulance or a nursing home.Nail polish can also interfere with the readings, so the device should be used without any.
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