Corona Sequelae

The new corona epidemic has entered its ninth wave. Patients suffering from the aftereffects of the disease, who hide in the shadows, complain that they do not receive adequate support. Many patients suffer from fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath, and memory loss.

Case A

I can't move my limbs."
I can't do anything because I can't move my arms and legs...I have trouble talking..." Mr. A, in his 40s, lives in Yokohama City. Since July 2022, when she contracted corona, she has been unable to stand up by herself due to a lack of strength throughout her body. In 2023, she finally became wheelchair-bound and was able to accompany her husband to the hospital. Doctor: "It's been about a month, how are you feeling after that?" She was diagnosed with post-coronary syndrome in April 2023, nine months after the infection. Until then, she had been to several hospitals, but they could not find the cause of her ailment, and she said they gave her heartless words. Mrs. A. "They told me that no one has symptoms like this after corona, that they had never heard of it before, and that it was just a feeling (problem). Husband - "I already felt much better from that moment on, because they admitted that this was a post-corona syndrome. I was not sure what kind of disease I had, and I was also in a state of groping for treatment methods and other things on my own..." "After I did it, I felt very tired. I feel like I sleep half a day." "Do you feel worse after the treatment?

Mr. A. "Last time I felt very good after (the treatment), and this time I feel worse after (the treatment)," he said repeatedly. According to the doctor, a portion of the virus may remain in the patient's nose and throat. The remaining virus may cause inflammation of the nasopharynx, which is located between the nose and throat, causing sequelae. A cotton swab dipped in a bactericidal liquid is rubbed against the nasopharynx to make it bleed. In this way, the accumulated waste is released and the inflammation is resolved, but it is accompanied by severe pain. Mr. A. "It hurts a lot, so I tried to be patient, but it still hurts. But I think I have to do it to get better." Doctor "Last year, during the seventh wave, the number of patients peaked and about 50 (patients) came in a month. There were so many. People with corona (posterior coronary syndrome) have a general sense of fatigue and tiredness. It is true that people are now looking for something other than the corona disaster, such as after-corona, but only the (posterior coronary syndrome) patients are left behind. She has no strength in her hands and has changed her tableware to lightweight plastic ones. Husband: "I couldn't even hold chopsticks," Mrs. A. "Anyway, I could only use light things, so I couldn't hold them. Although he is no longer bedridden, he has not been able to return to work. If she continues to live like this, she will not be able to repay her mortgage, so she is considering moving out. Ms. A. "I want to play with my son. I want to play with my son as much as I can at the park and pick him up from daycare. He's at the most adorable age right now, so it's a time when I want to do all kinds of things for him, but I can't do any of those things." "I want to be able to do things that I used to take for granted in my daily life."

Case B

"When I went to school, I had a hard time in 30 seconds" → Mr. B. to the hospital by ambulance. In junior high school, he was an active student who devoted himself to basketball. However, in January 2022, when he was in his second year of junior high school, he contracted corona. After that, many symptoms that were suspected to be aftereffects appeared. Shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and fatigue struck him, and he could no longer even stand up by himself. She also suffered from a foggy, foggy feeling in her head and memory loss, the so-called "brain fog. Mr. B. "I went to school once in February (2022), but within 30 minutes I was sick again and had to take an ambulance to the hospital..." "I couldn't remember people's names, or I could recognize faces, but sometimes I felt like I couldn't remember anything. He visited several hospitals, but they were unable to determine whether his fatigue and memory loss were related to the coronas, and he was finally diagnosed with "post-coronary syndrome" at a hospital with a specialized outpatient clinic. When I was diagnosed with the delta strain, I had many problems with my sense of smell and taste, such as not being able to smell or taste, or not being able to cook good food, but these problems decreased after I was diagnosed with the omicron strain. According to Professor Otsuka, since the symptoms and severity of the aftereffects differ from person to person, it takes time to diagnose the symptoms and it is difficult to reach appropriate treatment. On the other hand, he sometimes loses the ability to speak. His task was to reproduce a figure he had memorized once. This is to recover the function of his brain, which has lost its memory due to the aftereffects of the disease. At this hospital, this rehabilitation is performed on all patients who have suffered from the aftereffects of the disease. At first, the pen proceeded smoothly, but gradually his hand stopped. Mr. B. "I don't remember anymore." However, he had improved from when he started the rehabilitation. The left is from October 2022, and the right is from May 2023. There is a big difference.

Speech-language pathologist "I think my ability to process what I hear and see in my head is much better than before" During this period when he suffered from aftereffects. During this period when he was suffering from aftereffects, he had the support of his junior high school teacher when he took the high school entrance examination. Mr. B. "I couldn't study at all," said a teacher who visited Mr. B., who could not get up, spread his notebooks on the floor and taught him how to study. In April 2023, Mr. B successfully entered high school. He has recovered to the point where he can now commute to school by bicycle, but even these days he sometimes loses the ability to speak. At the end of the interview, when I asked her what message she had for those suffering from the aftereffects of the disease... Mother "You have to have hope and not give up until the end. Mother "I have been getting better by believing in myself and not giving up, so let's all work together to get better" Mr. B "If you believe in yourself and keep working hard? Mother "Are you okay? Relax first. First of all, you have to believe that (you) will get better, right?

 

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