Extreme Cases

Treatment

In some cases, individuals who contract Covid-19 and are considered to be vulnerable (elderly patients, patients with underlying medical conditions such as asthma or cardiovascular disease, immunocompromised individuals), require extreme measures during treatment. Although most cases are considered to be mild to moderate, some cases may result in Covid-19 related pneumonia. When this occurs, patients are unable to successfully breathe on their own and they require ventilators to breathe for them due to the lack of oxygen their body is receiving. In some cases, the lung damage is so severe that ventilators do not work and this can result in death.