A cough that seems to pump up.
The heat that rises at night.
Still, there is no one around.
What if your cough doesn't stop and you're suffocating?
It is a story of a woman who lived alone and was treated at home.
Symptoms such as fever 8 days after vaccination twice
The woman is an office worker in her 50s.
I live alone in Tokyo.
I had a chronic disease of rheumatism, and I was vaccinated with the new coronavirus as soon as possible so that I would not get infected and become seriously ill.
Symptoms such as fever began to appear on July 25th.
It is said that it was eight days after receiving the second vaccination.
Woman
"I'm taking a drug that suppresses the immune system because of rheumatism, and even a single cold can make my symptoms worse, so I was careful about infectious diseases. I'm vaccinated against influenza every year. I also struck the corona vaccine as soon as I received the vaccination ticket. When I got a fever, I thought I had a summer cold because I was often in the air conditioner, but the fever didn't go down. My sense of taste and smell was getting strange, and maybe I had my doctor do a PCR test on July 29th. "
"Home recuperation" even with underlying illness Anxious night living alone
The test result was positive on July 31st.
Since the oxygen saturation in the blood was 99%, the woman was diagnosed with mild illness by her family doctor and was treated at home.
I told the health center that I would like to receive medical treatment at the accommodation because I was worried that it might become serious because of the underlying illness, but he said that he was told that "it is absolutely impossible now because there are many people with more serious symptoms." increase.
Woman
"I had a cough that caused my fever to rise to 38 degrees Celsius, and when it was high, to about 39 degrees Celsius. It's a cough that makes me feel stuffy. When I lie down or bend down, I rush into it, and at night the fever rises, and I was very anxious at night because I was alone. "
I didn't receive the food that I should have received, so I asked my parents' house ...
The woman called the health center and asked for a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen saturation in her blood and a grocery delivery that would be delivered free of charge to those who wished.
However, it did not arrive, probably because the work of the health center and the follow-up center in Tokyo was tight.
It is said that the woman asked her parents' house in Kanagawa prefecture to leave her groceries outside the room and reported her physical condition to her family by phone or LINE twice a day, morning and night.
Woman
"When I first called the health center, I was told,'Food will be delivered in cardboard, so don't worry.' I didn't have a good appetite and I didn't know the taste or smell, so I asked my mother and younger brother to bring me some retort-packed porridge, jelly, ice cream, etc. I sweated sheets, towels, etc. I don't like it as it is, so I washed and washed it while giving off heat. It was hard, that was. "
"Home recuperators are almost neglected"
The hardest part for women was the strong anxiety about how to notice the changes in their symptoms when no one could immediately rely on them when they got worse.
Woman
"I felt that the home recuperator was almost abandoned. When I slept, I kept my cell phone at my bedside. I don't know what my symptoms will be because I'm alone. I don't have a pulse oximeter and when it gets worse I was very worried that there was nothing I could do about it. I heard the news that the person who was receiving medical treatment at home became seriously ill and was not transported even if I called an ambulance, and I do not know what kind of symptom it would be dangerous, so maybe I realized for the first time in my life that I might die without being noticed by anyone. "
The groceries arrived 3 days after the "end of medical treatment"
After that, the fever gradually disappeared at night, and the lost taste and smell returned a little, and on August 5, the public health center told me that my medical treatment was over today.
The groceries for the home recuperator arrived three days after the call.
Woman
"The number of infected people suddenly increased and the health center was confused, but I had the impression that I was behind. In my case, I had the support of my family, but I am really an elderly person alone. I don't know what to do with such things. "
Infection after vaccination What you can still do
A woman who returned to work from the 10th of this month.
Even now, the sense of taste and smell has not completely returned, and it is said that only miso soup seems to be delicious.
Infection after two vaccinations.
It means that we are more careful about infection control than ever before.
Woman
"I thought I was very careful even after I got the vaccine, but I might have spent some time feeling that I wouldn't get infected. I regret that my consciousness was too sweet. I was infected even if I got the vaccine twice, but I think it would have been worse if I hadn't been vaccinated, and I recovered rather, and now I can live my daily life even with the aftereffects. So I'm glad I took it. Unless I have a remedy, the danger will continue and I can't go back to my daily life when there was nothing, so I don't think it's the stage to loosen my personal consciousness. I think that what I can do is to do what I can. "
(Interviewed by Ayumu Takahashi, Reporter, Social Affairs Department)