A woman in her thirties who was infected with the new corona in April and was hospitalized for a period of time with moderate illness.



Even now, more than three months after the infection, the symptoms of sequelae that make you feel stuffy as soon as you move your body continue.



"I'm worried that I don't know how long it will last. I want you to be careful about how terrifying the infection is, even in the younger generation."



Women complain of the fear of "moderate disease."

"Isn't it going to die like this?"

In April, a woman in her thirties living in Osaka Prefecture underwent a PCR test at a hospital because of a prolonged fever of 39 degrees Celsius, and found that she had been infected with the new coronavirus.



In addition to women, husbands and one child have been confirmed to be infected, but the route of infection is still unclear.

After that, the symptoms of dehydration and high fever continued, and at one point the amount of oxygen in the blood dropped to 88%, so I was admitted to a hospital in Osaka prefecture.

A woman in her thirties


"I felt like I was drowning in water, and I didn't know how to breathe. I had never experienced it, so I was so worried that I might die as it is. did"

“Moderate” suffocating even after 3 months

A woman who was hospitalized with moderate illness had symptoms of pneumonia and was discharged from the hospital in about 10 days after receiving oxygen inhalation and intravenous drip.



However, even now, more than three months after the infection, I continue to feel stuffy as soon as I move, and I am suffering from things I couldn't do before.

I can't ride a bicycle

In the past, I used to carry my child on a bicycle to pick up and drop off at the nursery school, but as soon as I pedaled, I became suffocated, so I couldn't ride a bicycle.



In addition, it became difficult to walk with heavy luggage, and I started to use online shopping instead of buying rice at supermarkets.

I can't get on the train easily

Furthermore, it is said that if you wear the mask for a long time, you will not be able to take a deep breath and you will have difficulty breathing.



For this reason, it was difficult to get on a train that was difficult to remove the mask.

A woman in her thirties


"The other day, I got on the train for the first time in a while, but it was about two stations, but I was very stuffy. I think I was worried that I couldn't remove the mask. When I'm there, my breath becomes shallow, and even if I take a deep breath, I feel like I can't take a deep breath, and I've always had a painful feeling. I don't get on the train anymore, and I use a car to move. "

It's hard not to convey "hardness"

However, even with these symptoms, there is no change in appearance, so it is said that even the family members living together do not feel the "hardness".

A woman in her thirties


"Unlike an injury, it's hard to tell the pain because you don't know what it looks like. The other infected family members were asymptomatic, so they didn't seem to realize it, and they didn't really understand this pain. It ’s hard. ”

Hair that comes off in large quantities Always has a burning smell

Symptoms are said to be other than suffocation.



It is said that a large amount of hair has come off, and from about a month ago, I have always felt a burning smell.

Women are worried that they will be able to live their daily lives without any worries, as they used to.



A woman in her thirties


"I'm really worried that I don't know how long it will last and when it will heal. I don't know until I actually get it, but I'm still scared. I want you to

"It's really tough even with moderate illness"

Women also recall that the impression of the symptoms transmitted by the word "moderate" was actually very different.



A woman


in her

thirties

"Honestly, I didn't really know what moderate illness was until I got sick. I wondered if I could walk normally, get a little fever, eat, and so on. However, when I actually got it, I felt that moderate illness was so painful that I couldn't even talk to people, and that it was next to the danger of my life. Moderate wasn't that mild, and it was really tough for him. "

Doctor "Pneumonia occurs immediately even with mild or moderate illness"

Yasuko Hashimoto, president of Senri Rehabilitation Hospital, which provides rehabilitation treatment for infected people who have been discharged, points out that the new Corona must be aware that symptoms that appear to be sequelae may continue even after discharge. ..

Senri Rehabilitation Hospital Chairman Yasuko Hashimoto


"I think that the new corona is characterized by the fact that even people with mild or moderate illness will develop pneumonia immediately. Some young people may think that it is okay to take it because it does not become severe. It may be dangerous to have a feeling like a common cold. I think that the fear of this illness is that some symptoms may remain. ”




(Interviewed by Kengo Tanii, a reporter at the Osaka base broadcasting station

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