"I wake up in the middle of the night because of pain in the joints,"
said a man infected with the new coronavirus.
However, this is not a symptom at the time of infection, but a sequela that continues even after five months.
"Licking Corona"
This is a testimony of a man who temporarily fell into an unconscious state and continued to suffer from sequelae even after being discharged from the hospital.
"I thought it wouldn't cost me"
A 68-year-old man who runs a company in Hiroshima Prefecture was infected last December.
I was in the midst of the third wave of infection, but no one was infected around me, and I was taking measures, so I didn't know why I was infected.
Former patient man
"I didn't realize that I would take a taxi. I didn't think it would take me. I was wearing a mask, so I wondered if it was honest. When I went on a business trip to Tokyo, I went from the airport to my destination. Was careful not to take a taxi and take public transport ... "
"It got worse in a blink of an eye"
The first symptom was a fever of about 39 degrees.
I thought that I would be able to leave the hospital a few days after I was hospitalized, with only symptoms such as fever and coughing for about a week.
However, his condition deteriorated sharply.
Eight days after admission, the man suddenly became unconscious and was taken to a hospital for more advanced treatment.
I entered the ICU = intensive care unit as it was, and was treated with a respirator.
At that time, I was unconscious and I don't even remember how my symptoms got worse or what kind of treatment I received.
Of the original patient man
"only remember dimly the entrance of the hospital ICU. He could not afford to even think that what will happen. I felt that very quickly become poor"
treatment of a result, somehow survived I was finally discharged 27 days after my first admission.
But that wasn't the end.
Sequelae attacked after discharge "There is no cure"
"I was so coughed that I couldn't talk to people, and I couldn't sleep at night for a long time."
Difficulty breathing, joint pain ... It was a sequela that hit the discharged man.
Former patient male
"One of the aftereffects of the new corona was that the knots hurt, and when I finished coughing, that was the next thing. In the situation where the knots hurt, rheumatism-like symptoms appeared and the joints I continue to wake up in the middle of the night because of my pain. ”The
doctor told
me that
it was not rheumatism and there was no cure.
I've managed to get rid of it by taking painkillers, but the underlying symptoms haven't improved.
I couldn't sleep well because of the pain, and I couldn't get sick because of my knee pain.
Sequelae still afflict men more than five months after infection.
"Licking the corona"
With the arrival of the fourth wave and the risk of infection again, men began to talk to others without hiding their experiences.
This is because I want people to know the horror of infection.
Before the infection, watching the news of the new corona on TV was something.
I easily thought that even if I got infected, I would have to spend a few days at the hotel.
However, I think that I can be told because I feel the danger of life due to infection and I am still suffering from the long-lasting sequelae.
Former patient man
"I think it
's a
thing, just like it was before I took it. I want to tell you that there are people like this around me. Now, anyone can take it anywhere. Corona is not such a sweet infectious disease. ”
(Interviewed with Hiroshima-based broadcasting station reporter Ayaka Moroda)