(Health Times, Li Ning)
"I've been on the front lines of the pandemic in the U.S. and have been in contact with patients almost every day since the advent of Omicron." Jin Chongfei, who has been a doctor at Anova Fairfax Hospital in the United States for six years, told the Health Times on January 24, "Some time ago, our center confirmed 40-50 cases of new crown every day, and at most I confirmed more than 30 cases a day, and 99.5% of the patients currently received are Omi kerong." ”
Jin Chongfei's main job in the hospital is to receive patients in emergency outpatient clinics (urgent care), and so far, nearly 10,000 cases of suspected patients with new crown and new crown have been received.
Photographs of Dr. Jin Chongfei in the consultation room before preparing to receive patients, provided by the interviewee
Many patients with Omikejong do not have symptoms of fever and pneumonia, but mainly have sore throats and fatigue
Recently, Dr. Jin's outpatient clinic has often lined up for more than 100 meters before it opens, and he works from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. "Sometimes registration stops at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, because there are too many people coming to the clinic, and the medical staff who receive the treatment are simply not enough to deal with these, so they have to stop registration 7 hours in advance."
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Dr. Kim has been most impressed by the reception of a family of six Positive Patients of Omikerong.
The family is a couple and 4 children, and Dr. Kim spent a lot of time with the six patients in a room of less than 20 square meters, examining and communicating with them. "The kids all had symptoms, coughed, sneezed, and I only wore a regular N95 mask at the time, and although I was a little worried, I gritted my teeth and persevered. Fortunately, it was not infected. Dr. Jin said that the nurses who triaged later had experience and directly separated the patients and waited for treatment, not gathering in a room.
Dr. Kim said: "More patients with Omikerong do not have fever and pneumonia. Mainly sore throat, fatigue, mild cough, symptoms are generally 2-14 days onset. ”
White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said on ABC's january 23, 2022 show that the surge in COVID-19 cases triggered by the Aumicron strain is expected to peak in mid-February.
Infected people are mostly due to gatherings, and the general treatment is home isolation and symptomatic treatment
"The patients I diagnosed were usually family or work-time infections, and some infections of unknown cause." In response to the question of how to treat patients who have been diagnosed, Dr. Kim said that most patients choose to isolate at home and treat them symptomatically. Previously, it was 2 weeks of isolation, but later the guidelines were changed to 10 days of isolation, and recently changed to 5 days of isolation plus 5 days of strict wearing of masks. "On the whole, Omikeron is much more infectious than Delta, but the pathogenicity and fatality rate are decreasing, and the specific nucleic acid negative time varies from person to person."
Dr. Jin reminded that in addition to vaccination, going out to wear a mask is still a better prevention method, he said, in the outpatient clinic has seen a variety of ways to wear masks, many are ineffective, specific preventive measures or wear a mask, wear a suitable mask.
Seek medical attention as soon as possible if you have symptoms, and you must not take any chances
Not long ago, Dr. Kim treated a patient who had not been vaccinated. At that time, there was low blood oxygen, elevated white blood cells, and large shadows in the lungs, accompanied by symptoms such as fever and cough, and the new crown infection was clearly diagnosed after testing. But at that time, patients did not want to go to the hospital for treatment and chose to go home, despite repeated emphasis by doctors.
It was later learned that the patient's condition deteriorated rapidly and could not be treated. "In fact, this patient does not speak English, wait until the family has time to accompany her to come to the doctor, now many medical institutions in the United States have online translation systems in various languages, do not delay the disease because of language barriers."
Finally, Dr. Kim said some people may deteriorate rapidly after contracting COVID-19. "Who will be these people, we don't have good indicators to determine, but everyone may be "these people", so everyone needs to take strict precautions, protect themselves, is to protect their families. Dr. Kim said that if you really have severe breathing difficulties, you must remember to call the emergency phone.
