Stocking your medicine cabinet during COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID shutdown left many Americans scrambling to get their much-needed medications, medical devices, and equipment.

So, what should you stock up on during this crisis?

WITH CORONAVIRUS STILLSPREADING IN WISCONSIN...HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNEDABOUT THAT COLLDING WITH FLUSEASON.

THIS MORNING-- JULIAFELLO SHOWS YOU HOW PREPARINGFOR THE WORST áNOWá COULDBENEFIT YOU IN THE LONG RUN.THERE ARE SOME MEDS YOU COULDSTOCK UP IN YOUR MEDICINECAINET ALONG WITH DEVICES THATCOULD HELP YOUR FAMILY DURINGTHIS PANDEMIC.THE FIRST: CHECKTHE BATTERIES YOURTHERMOMETER.

A FEVER OF MORETHAN 100-POINT FOUR IS ACOMMON SYMPTOM OF COVID-19.HAVE TYLENOL ON HAND TO HELPREDUCE A FEVER.

ALSO, YOU MAYWANT TO PURCHASE A PULSEOXIMETER WHICH MEASURES OXYGENLEVELS IN YOUR BLOO"Monitoring oxygen isimportant in the high-riskpopulations and in anybody whowe know has COVID."IT MAYDETECT EARLY SIGNS OFPNEUMONIA, WHICH ISPARTICULARLY IMPORTANT INCOVID CASES."If we can detectthe pneumonia earlier, thenmany, many more patients canavoid ventilators."THE VIRUSALSO CAUSES NAUSEA ANDDIARRHEA IN SOME.

EXPERTS SAYAN ELECTROLYTE REPLENISHERLIKE PEDIALYTE MIGHT HELPREDUCE THE RISK OFDEHYDRATION.

JULIA FELLO TMJ4NEWS.