Thiago Silva ... escaped from "tuberculosis" and became the "third lung" of the Brazil national team and football clubs

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The Brazilian defender, and the player of the English Chelsea team currently, Thiago Silva was in the isolation ward of a hospital in the Russian capital, Moscow, and he was struggling with a slow death after doctors told him the nature of his illness, and that he was unable to complete matches with Dynamo Moscow in 2005, as tests showed that he had TB and that The disease is so advanced that it is weeks away from meeting its death.

Doctors suggested removing part of his lungs to ensure his survival, but his mother, Angela, and his wife, Isabel, vehemently refused this, a decision that paved the way for the player to continue his sports career to become the "third lung" in his country and the clubs in which he played.

Thiago (now 36 years old) was 21 years old at the time, and the medical staff noticed that he could not continue the matches, and how he was tired quickly and suffered from high temperatures, coughing and severe sweating, and the shock was that the medical examinations he conducted were not appropriate.

And according to what was published by the London newspaper The Sun, doctors in the technical staff of the Russian team felt that the player's suffering was not influenza due to the cold weather, and they decided to send him to the hospital as he underwent a series of tests in order to identify the nature of the disease, and the surprise was that he was suffering from tuberculosis in the stage He was advanced, and the doctors told him that he had two weeks before death, and that he was lucky because they discovered the disease before they told him later that part of the lungs had to be removed, which would have prevented him from playing football.

Thiago Silva says in a previous interview with the Italian magazine (La Gazzetta dello Sport): "I moved on loan to Dynamo Moscow, but the city was terrible, I was cold and sick, I stayed in the hospital for six months, and I was overweight by 10 kg, despite That everyone else in the hospital is too thin and does not want to eat, except that I was always hungry. "

He adds: My mother said that I did not feel sick, but I could not move, and the doctors were asking me to get up and go for a walk, but I could not do that, this disease is contagious as well, so I was isolated and could only play computer games, surf the Internet Every now and then the doctor would come and give me an injection, three or four times a day, in addition to 10-15 pills. "

During that dark time, Silva thought about ending his career in exchange for living, and he says: This was the second time in my life that I thought of retiring, "It was the first time when I went to Flamengo (Brazil) to conduct an experiment, and after two sessions they told me that I am I was no better than the people in the test. I told my mother later that I don't want to play football anymore, because no one wants me and I had to go to work with my brother, but I changed my mind and looked for another club. "

The nightmare of isolation in the Russian hospital ended and Thiago got the opportunity to return to his homeland and moved to Fluminense and succeeded in building his career and later included with Milan and Paris Saint-Germain clubs, and he is currently defending the Chelsea shirt, and during the matches he fought with his country and clubs, he was the third lung due to his abilities Defensive and key strikes, which he scored against the opponents, and contributed to the coronation of many titles with Samba and clubs.

"Whenever I play football, I always remember that turning point in my life," Thiago says.

"Seeing him wearing the Brazil national team shirt is a victory for all of us, especially those who have known him since those difficult days," says Isabelle.

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