Health Times Li Ning
Kang Mei (pseudonym), a 36-year-old Fujian woman, was unfortunately diagnosed with "Aomi Kerong", and in 2019, she traveled to Africa with her family, where a family of four was engaged in business in a landlocked country in south-central Africa, doing auto parts business there. On the evening of December 21 this year, I felt a dry throat after going out to a party, and I was diagnosed at a local medical institution. On December 26, Kang Mei told us how she felt after she was infected with Omicron.
It may be that attending a birthday party is infected
Ms. Kang speculated that she might have been infected at a birthday party. "On the evening of December 21, a foreign friend of mine threw a birthday party for his children. We were invited, and we thought it was a simple gathering of two families, but when we went there, we found that there were other families, and the number of people invited at that time was about 20-30. I didn't stay long at the time, and left after greeting my friends, but I still felt a slight discomfort that night, but I didn't get enough attention. On the same day, I also received a fourth dose of vaccination, and I had a slight pain in my arm, so I didn't care. ”
On the evening of the 23rd, Ms. Kang obviously felt different from usual, and her throat was dry and itchy. At that time, my heart giggled a little, and I instantly raised my vigilance and rushed to wake up the children, but the small baby was fine, and the older children also said that their throats were uncomfortable.
After finding obvious discomfort on the morning of the 24th, Ms. Kang quickly tested the throat swab with the rapid antigen detector brought by her friend from China, and found that all four people showed "two bars". On the same day, in order to be more accurate, the local medical institution took a nasopharyngeal swab sample test and confirmed it positive.
The most intense symptom after diagnosis is fatigue
Talking about whether she was worried after being diagnosed, Ms. Kang said that there was a little worry, but she was not afraid. "Because there were a few friends around me who were diagnosed and familiar with these symptoms, most of them are now cured."
Ms. Kang introduced that after more than 48 hours of infection, the sore throat worsened, some low-grade fever, around 37.5 ° C, sleeping at night is not stable, the older child also feels uncomfortable, always say that the throat is dry, and then the younger daughter also has a fever. "But the symptoms of the two children are very mild, so basically did not affect our lives, in summary, there are symptoms 24 hours later there is still some discomfort, the third day when everyone has been very calm, there are no more serious symptoms."
Ms. Kang said that at present, the appetite is not affected, the throat is a little itchy, eating something has a taste, you can also smell the taste, that is, you feel a little tired, there is no other discomfort. Since the diagnosis, everyone has felt the most intense and obvious symptoms of fatigue, followed by a particularly obvious dry and itchy throat, especially when getting up in the morning. "Except for me, who had a fever of about 37.5 degrees Celsius, which did not exceed 38 degrees for a little more than a day, no one else has a fever at the moment, nor does he feel a decrease in taste and smell." Ms. Kang also said, "We still have to be careful and actively treated, because this Omicron is still quite contagious." ”
Self-isolation is mainly at home after infection
Because it is mild, and there are many patients in local hospitals in Africa, it is very crowded. Ms. Kang's family chose to stay at home and observe them regularly. Regularly measure the children's temperature, ask them how they feel, and prepare a blood oxygen saturation tester at home to measure the blood oxygen content regularly. "We are also responsible for other people, so don't go out after the diagnosis, after friends know, one by one to send fish, meat, medicine, although they have not received, but the heart is very warm."
Ms. Kang regularly measures the blood oxygen content for herself and her family every day, and the picture shows ms. Kang's own measurement results. Courtesy of respondents
Ms. Kang said that due to fear of her parents' worries, only one brother in the family in China knows about it. "Now we have not returned to China for two years, we are very homesick, and we have been paying attention to domestic information, I feel that the strict epidemic prevention in China is very effective, and I hope that the epidemic will be alleviated as soon as possible, and I can go back without affecting others."
