After recovering from the COVID infection, one should not behave irresponsibly as there are cases reporting now and then in post-COVID patients. The different medications and supplements given in hospitals or at home isolation are necessary, similarly the alertness is necessary after recovering or coming back at home.
There are several tests crucial for determining the states of body’s well-being. These tests may be sometimes prescribed by the physician for complete flushing of virus from the body. They help the physician as well as the patient to know the stages of infection.
The 10 tests needed to be done after recovery from COVID-19 are:
1.
Complete Blood Count Test: [CBC
Test]
The Complete Blood Count
Test or CBC test is the most fundamental and first test in the list of tests
prescribed by the physician. After recovering from the disease, one must go for
this test to be done.
It is the test which
determines the blood cell counts of various cells like RBCs, WBCs, and blood
platelets present in blood so as to get an idea of blood respondence of body to
infection.
2.
Neuro-Function Test:
The Neuro-Function Test is
the test for neural that is functionality of brain. It is a matter of concern
as many symptoms related to brain are also noticed in COVID-19 patients like
anxiety, brain fog, fatigue, dizziness and tremors.
Also many people suffer
from neurological and psychological problems while undergoing a long term
medication or hospitalization or due to remaining continuously in an
environment full of diseased beds and air.
Therefore after recovery it’s
important to have a Neuro-Function Test to determine the status of brain.
3.
Vitamin-D Test:
The Vitamin-D Test also
called as 25-hydroxy vitamin-d test. Apart from the functionality of Vitamin –D
for growth and maintenance of bones and teeth, it is also responsible for the
support of immune system.
Hence in order to know the
states of immune system, that how well and deficient it is of Vitamin-D, this
test is important to be done.
It also helps to know if
the supplements are needed to be taken to complete the deficiency of Vitamin-D
so as to speed up the recovering process.
4.
Cardiac Screening Test:
The Cardiac Screening Test
is the screening or imaging of cardiac muscles and states of heart and
therefore, also referred as Heart Imaging.
Since, due to the
infection of COVID-19 virus the inflammation of various body organs gets
triggered. This triggering causes damage and weakening of crucial cardiac or
heart muscles which could lead to arrhythmias, myocarditis, etc.
Hence, the test is
important for those who recovered from COVID-19.
The test is very important
for those especially already suffering from heart related complications, which
could be aggravated due to infection and also to those, who have had the
symptom of chest pain in initial phases of COVID-19 infection.
5.
IgG Antibody Test:
The IgG Antibody Test or
Immunoglobulin G Test is performed to measure the level of antibodies present
in blood.
After fighting off the
COVID-19 virus or the infection, the body produces helpful antibodies in order
to protect from future infections.
This test identifies that how immune protected you are after recovery. The right time to get it done is after 1-2 weeks of recovery, as it is the time period taken by body to develop immunity.
6.
Cholesterol & Blood
Pressure Test:
The Cholesterol Test
identifies the glucose levels in body and the Blood Pressure Test determines
the pressure of blood in blood vessels in body.
Bothe the tests are very important
and they are one of them which should be kept in check while in ongoing
infection or in post infection states. As virus infection causes inflammation
and clotting at several parts of body which could lead to the fluctuations in
the blood glucose levels as well as in the blood pressure levels.
This test is very
necessary for those suffering already from any kind of disease like diabetes,
cancer, hypertension or any others.
7.
Biochemical Test:
Biochemical test or
biochemistry is done to identify the levels of specific chemicals in serum
plasma and urine. The toxicity or deficiency of a particular constituent helps
in determining the disease or status of body.
As virus infection in body
decreases several chemical like zinc, copper, etc and thus their less
availability could be a sign of infection.
8.
Creatinine Test:
The Creatinine Test or the
Kidney Functionality Test measures the wellness of kidney function in body.
Basically creatinine is a chemical compound left out from energy producing
processes done in muscles.
The lesser the amount of
creatinine, the less will be the energy production in body. And hence worst
will be the immunity of body to fight against the virus.
9.
Liver Functionality Test:
The liver functionality
test or LFT measures the total amount of protein available in blood. There are
certain different enzymes made by liver like ALP, ALT, AST and GGT. Out of
these the ALT [Alanine Transaminase] and AST [Aspartate
Aminotransferase] are the enzymes that are released by the liver in
response to a damage or disease.
And thus, if any more
damage occurs or disease remains in body could be easily predicted by this test
after the COVID-19 recovery.
10.
Chest Scans:
The Chest Scans or HRCT
scans are done in order to know the severity of infection in the body of an
individual.
This test gives out the
lungs involvement levels in infection and thus it could be predicted that how
much infected are lungs by a certain virus.
After the recovery from
COVID-19 this test is most crucial as it keeps alert about, if there is any
more infection remained in the lungs or in the respiratory tract.
The entire above post-COVID test are very necessary to be done as
the infection due to COVID-19 virus lefts over its negative impacts on certain
organs of human body. And if have any comorbidities that is already fighting
with other health complications than the list of alertness should keep count on
the above tests.
Be healthy. Be safe. Be at home.