Coronavirus is being talked about all over the world, scientists are looking for ways to treat the disease. This infection is a complex that affects the respiratory system and triggers colds. It is difficult to recognize the virus on your own; medical diagnostics are needed. The disease has become a real pandemic, but cases of recovery from coronavirus are already known.
Are there people who have recovered from the new coronavirus?
Most of the world's population is concerned, people are asking questions about the treatment of the disease. Scientists confidently answer that there are already people who have recovered from the coronavirus. The first cases of recovery were recorded in China.
According to virologists, the number of people cured of coronavirus is approaching 80 thousand. It is difficult to name the exact number of people who have recovered - the situation is changing every day. The number of infected reaches more than 150 thousand people. There are cases of recovery not only in China, but also in other countries.
Despite the fact that a certain number of infected people have been cured, the disease continues to spread throughout the world. When the first person was cured in China, virologists determined that the disease was spread by airborne droplets. Physicians strongly recommend:
- wash hands thoroughly with soap;
- avoid crowded places;
- reduce the number of trips in public transport;
- use a protective mask;
- control oral hydration.
Attention! In places where quarantine has been introduced, it is recommended to reduce the amount of meat and fish products purchased at open markets. Products should be subjected to heat treatment.
Who was the first person to recover in China
In China, the first patient with coronavirus was cured, it was a 56-year-old woman, a resident of Wuhan. According to unofficial data, a deadly pandemic began to spread from this city.
One of the January evenings, the woman had a fever, she turned to the doctors for help. The specialists decided to hospitalize the patient, and a few days later she was transferred to Shanghai. There she was prescribed a course of treatment. Media reports that the woman was successfully treated and discharged. The condition greatly improved during the stay in the hospital. For several days the body temperature did not rise. After several tests, the doctors found that there were no signs of the virus in the patient's body. This condition allowed the woman to be discharged and sent home.
What is officially known about the coronavirus? Patients have the same complaints as with other colds:
- The infection remains in the incubation period for several days.
- Cells of the mucous membrane, nasopharynx and larynx enter, microorganisms begin to multiply.
- A week later, the body temperature rises, the virus infects the trachea, reaches the lower respiratory tract.
People who cured the Chinese virus noted the same symptoms of the disease. Doctors have compiled a list of common symptoms of coronavirus:
- increased body temperature;
- dry cough;
- hard breath;
- increased fatigue;
- runny nose.
Symptoms may vary from patient to patient. Some have developed the possibility of pneumonia.
Which countries have the most recoveries?
Despite the fact that the pandemic originates in China, there are a large number of cured people in this country. According to public health data, there are still thousands of patients in hospitals who are being treated.
The number of people officially infected with coronavirus in China is over 80 thousand people. Coronavirus recoveries in China top 60,000. This is 75 percent of the total number of cases in the mainland country. Another 16,000 people are undergoing treatment, and about 5,000 people are in serious condition.
Since the beginning of the spread of the disease throughout China, 13,000 cases of infection have been reported, 112 people have died. This data does not include those infected in Hubei province, which has become the center of the pandemic. There were 68 thousand cases of infection, almost 3 thousand people died. In Wuhan, another center of the spread of the disease, the death rate was almost 5 percent.
More than 3,100 people have been killed by the coronavirus, and the country's average death rate has reached 4 percent. The situation with the disease is improving every day. According to media reports, 24 new cases of the disease were detected, of which about 10 were imported, 13 of them were registered in Hubei.
To date, the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of infection in the world has been registered more than 169 thousand people, according to official figures, more than 6,500 people have died. The number of people who were able to cure coronavirus exceeds 77 thousand.
A serious situation with the disease is observed in Italy. More than 24 thousand people fell ill, 1800 died, more than 2 thousand recovered. In Spain, the number of infected reaches 7,800 people, almost 300 have died, about 500 have recovered. In Germany, the number of cases is approaching 6,000, 13 people have died, less than 50 have recovered. In France, 5,400 people have been infected, 130 have died, 12 have recovered.
What treatments were used
The situation with the new infection is deteriorating in Italy and European countries. In the United States, the disease has been introduced to more than 100 countries. In China, where the disease is believed to have originated, the pandemic has begun to subside. Those who have recovered from coronavirus in China have already been discharged home, their number is increasing, cases of infection are declining. The Chinese government says the epidemic has been defeated.
In the fight against the disease, the Chinese government did not save on patients, so that those who fell ill were not afraid of spending on testing and treatment. Those infected were treated with antiviral drugs, traditional medicine and plasma transfusions were used.
Expensive methods have also been used to treat the infection, including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This is the saturation of the blood of an infected person with oxygen by artificial means. A method of treatment was prescribed for patients who experienced difficulty in breathing. The cost of the procedure was covered by the government. More than 110 billion yuan has been allocated for treatment, equipment and related problems in China.
Virologists note that the financial side of the availability of treatment and testing for the disease can make it difficult to fight the virus. At the same time, doctors note that coronavirus testing methods may be unacceptable for some countries.