Abu Dhabi: After 115 days in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Abu Taher Ismail’s recovery from COVID-19 is a miracle. United Arab Emirates who were hospitalized while struggling with complications.
“The patient, who is diabetic and hypertensive, had kidney headaches and a COVID-19 infection. In such cases, patients face a mortality rate of 75-90%. So it’s amazing to see your condition today and we hope you’ll feel bigger and bigger over time,” Dr. Abeesh Pillai, a nephrologist at Lifecare Hospital in Abu Dhabi, told Gulf News.
In fact, Ismail’s war was against COVID-19, a check for him, and for his 20-year-old son and constant companion, Abu Bakr Siddique. The student said he took his father to Lifeline Hospital after 10 days of illness.
“He had been feeling very weak for over a week and had no appetite. When he also complained of serious breathing difficulties, I took him to the hospital,” Siddique said.
After an examination at the hospital, Ismail was promptly placed under mechanical ventilation, said Dr. Karthikeya Chinniah, emergency medicine specialist at Lifecare. The doctor claimed that Ismail had ancient symptoms such as fever and cough and that his oxygen saturation was as low as 80. He had also complained of serious breathing difficulties, so he was promptly intubly intubed.
At the same time, Ismail gained a popular remedy for COVID-19, according to the physical conditioning authorities of the United Arab Emirates, which included 10 days of antiviral drugs and two doses of stem mobile remedy, recommended for patients with severe symptoms of COVID-19. the fitness care team found that Ismail had no urinary flow for more than 24 hours.
“That’s when he moved to Lifecare and we started dialysis,” Dr. Pillai said. However, Ismail was unable to cope with dialysis because his blood pressure had dropped significantly. The physical care team decided to offer continuous kidney replacement. (CRRT).
“CRRT is used in intensive care patients who cannot tolerate normal dialysis. It is a gentle form of blood cleansing in which dialysis is applied 24 hours a day, unlike blood washing for 3 to 4 hours on normal dialysis. This gives the kidney a chance to recover. For Abu Taher, we provide 300 hours of CRRT, or approximately 15 full days of therapy,” Dr. Pillai explained.
CRRT allowed Ismail’s kidney and eventually began producing urine, which is the first sign of intelligent kidney function.
“After about a week, his kidneys worked normally,” Dr. Pillai said. Meanwhile, by the end of May, Ismail had also tested negative for COVID-19 and remained negative, but remained sedated and un vented. make a stop at his father each and every single day, but he was not allowed in. “I was so worried. I couldn’t see my father every single day, especially since the restrictions on COVID-19 were getting harder, but I tried to stop every single day,” he said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Chinniah said the care team had tried to remove Ismail from the ventilator. “He had a tube in his mouth and it was uncomfortable. The patient needed to be sedated. He did not regain consciousness even after 30 days, so he performed a tracheostomy to decrease sedation and help him wake up,” said Dr. Chinniah.
After about 10 more days, Ismail nevertheless regained consciousness. Chinniah said that, above all, he was delusional and incredibly weak. “I needed water replenishment and nutrition to succeed over this condition, which we call severe disease neuropathy,” the doctor explained. The tracheostomy tube got undone when Ismail had finished about two months of hospitalization, but the patient continued to receive physical therapy and nutrition.
Siddique said she never had the courage to tell her mother and two siblings about the extent of her father’s illness in Bangladesh. “I would give you general updates on your condition at the time, but you may never have the courage to tell them. how in poor health he was, ” he said. The student also continued to succeed over COVID-19 restrictions on his own, with no one to communicate with.
“I’m so scared, unhappy and scared. I had no one to communicate with or trust. I can only thank Almighty for coming back to us,” Siddique said.
After about a hundred days in the hospital, Ismail was despite everything that was considered healthy for discharge, but just before he was sent home, his gallbladder ruptured. ”The patient was too weak and his lungs may no longer face the problem. anesthesia, so we used a ponytail catheter to drain the pus,” Dr. Chinniah explained.
Finally, after nearly 4 months of intensive treatment, Ismail was released on August 31. His doctors said he could eat and walk alone. But Siddique says her father, who owns a mechanics workshop off the coast of Bangladesh, the city of Chittagong, is still very weak.
“I have to serve him food and do almost everything. Everything has been a pain in the ass and my father needs my mom and my brothers as soon as possible. So now we’re looking to solve the main points of his trip,” he said.
Dr. Pillai said Ismail, like other long-distance COVID-19 patients, will want to take special precautions. “Reinfection can occur for COVID-19 survivors, and the timing of combat can be even more confusing due to the balance of the framework. It is imperative that survivors attach to all protective precautions, adding dresses in masks, social estating and disinfection,” he said.
In addition, survivors also deserve to be careful not to damage the affected organs during the war against COVID-19. “In Ismail’s case, he faced an ‘insult’ in his kidneys. Therefore, taking painkillers, for example, can be an extra damage to the organ and deserve to be avoided as much as possible. Other than that, smart nutrition, smart hydration and smart sleep are vital for a full recovery, as is normal exercise to be in shape,” Dr. Pillai pleaded.
Comply with all protective precautions: dress with mask, hand washing and social distance. Reinfection may occur and its effect may be more severe due to the balance of the first fight with the disease.
Pay attention to the organs affected by COVID-19. For example, stay hydrated and eat healthy foods low in salt to care for your kidneys. For those with significant lung damage, it is imperative to wear a mask and avoid crowded areas.
Eat well. Healthy nutrition helps innate immunity while protecting important organs.
Stay hydrated.
Exercise to strengthen immunity and fitness.
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Source: Dr. Abeesh Pillai
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