Like any viral and seasonal infections that occur these days, it is very easily transmitted. With the present viral pandemic, the focus remains at preventing transmissions. Already a few months in duration worldwide, is it still the case?
Yes.
With the easier procurement of testing kits, statistics grow daily still. But is this number really showing how the world's governments are winning in managing the pandemic?
As a healthcare professional, the number of patients who are positives are enormous. In saying that, not all patients are symptomatic with it. Others are becoming inpatients for other medical issues. As it is a standard now to check everyone for the virus, a stable patient can be positive with no symptoms at all. And can be discharged with a week isolation.
With no further testing for a lot of people, there is no guarantee that some are not already carriers. If this is the case, irregardless of preventing transmission measures, chances are, it is easy to get it still. Must we feel hopeless and scared incase we have it already?
What's the worst that can happen to individuals who happen to have it BUT with no symptoms?
Majority of symptomatic patients have respiratory issues, mostly difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, bluish discoloration of their lips due to lack of oxygen, among others. These signs either points to having pneumonia or respiratory distress brought on by pneumonia. Patients are being treated according to their symptoms. More often than not, their managements are the same. Obviously, each individual reacts or responds differently, but the history of symptoms is the same.
Initially, the culprit disease is pneumonia.
The present virus shows no symptoms at first, usually taking a few days or a week before making its' presence. Unfortunately for some, these first few days is also the time that the virus is making its'way to the lungs. Coupled with a bacteria that causes pneumonia.
With or without the virus, it is very easy to catch it if we are not mobile.
Heart attack patients very easily catch it from day 1. Because the heart needs a complete bed rest for 24 hours, patients can only sit by the bed or at bedside and because monitoring their hearts' rhythm, they need to be attached to cardiac monitors. Some patients will not even want to get out of bed and need to be encouraged. This is one reason that they have started having fevers, some also contracted pneumonia.
If this is the case that we contracted the virus, starts having mild symptoms, can we do something about it at this stage?
Definitely.
Daily exercise is a routine for some. If it's not, we are out and about, mobilising in and around the house. Perhaps include deep breathing and chect exercises while at it. We can also boost our immune system in fighting any infections, in living a healthy lifestyle.