Infectious Disease Archives - Elite Care Family Medicine

Just a few short weeks ago, providers and patients alike were hopeful that two medications already on the market would be the answers to treating COVID-19. These medications--hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine--are used to treat malaria and lupus. However, new information from three large studies of these drugs used to treat COVID-19 now contradicts initial findings.  In the largest study of possible treatments so far, UK doctors found that 25.7% of patients died...

COVID-19 is the biggest pandemic to hit our country and our world in our lifetime. It has sickened thousands of Americans and over a million worldwide and lead to the shutdown of schools, government offices and facilities, and all nonessential businesses in much of the US. To date, it has taken around 60,000 lives around the globe.  For most people, the coronavirus will consist of mild symptoms that last around 7 days. But others, especially the elderly and...

We are experiencing a pandemic the likes of which none of us have ever been through and it’s causing us to take pause before carrying on with events we once never thought twice about. Among those events? Visiting your medical provider for concerns or sickness not related to coronavirus. Many of us are afraid to darken a medical clinic’s doors during the pandemic, especially clinics that also serve as testing facilities. Others simply don’t know if their condition or...