The story told by an Italian athlete admitted to a Milan hospital.
Stories with an apparent happy ending, this is which sometimes seems to be lacking in a daily life marked by the avalanche of figures on the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. There is talk of a growing number of infected people, there are curves that do not seem to fall, the number of deaths is updated.
Edoardo Melloni’s story seems to have everything to end in the best way, even though the Italian corridor is also one of thousands of Italians accounted for by Covid-19. The story, revealed on the AIPSMedia website, is the result of the interview with the athlete hospitalized Sacco Hospital in Milan, one of the places in Italy for which the disease has become sadly known.
An important point to remember before Edoardo Melloni’s statements: Covid-19 is not a disease of the elderly. Edo, as he is known, is an elite athlete in the Italian athletics scene.
“I’m fine. Fortunately, I arrived in time to the emergency room, where I was later diagnosed with pneumonia and also tested positive for the virus. Fortunately, everything was in the initial phase and we are all confident that in a short time I will be able to get out of here” , said Edoardo.
What were the symptoms, they asked? “The symptoms are subjective and vary from person to person, everything started with a banal fever at 37.5 and a little cough. The cough became more and more intense until it started to last for 5/10 consecutive minutes. Strong During one of these episodes I ended up spitting blood and that was the moment I was sent to the emergency room. Another symptom not to be underestimated is the total or partial loss of taste and smell. These are symptoms that can also appear in people who do not develop other symptoms, such as cough or fever, so they are useful for self-assessment. In my opinion, the loss of taste has been total. I couldn’t distinguish a piece of chocolate, boiled carrots and sauce sauce ” ..
Edo also told what treatment he is undergoing. “It is a combination of drugs used for arthritis and HIV-infected patients. The drugs are hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir / ritonavir. Among the side effects they report is dysentery that occurred on the first day. From the second day on, I got better,” stated. “After being evaluated by the infectious disease specialist, they decided to hospitalize me. Upon arriving in the room, I met the doctor who explained the experimental therapy to me and asked me for consent to the administration. After accepting it, I started therapy. Our room is separate from the corridor through a second room where doctors, nurses and service personnel must change before entering, “he added,
“I had isolated myself long before it was made mandatory. A diua left early in the morning to train at Parco Nord. For those unfamiliar, it is a very big park in Milan. On Monday 9 I had to go to work to retrieve some documents I needed and leave the company car. To return I used the metro and I believe the infection occurred there, because the symptoms appeared three days “, concluded Edoardo.
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