As covid gradually finds space to settle within us quite forcefully, we must find a way to accommodate her. Life must go on. Science has evolved and new groundbreaking discoveries are replete in several fields. Medicine isn't left out. The AstraZeneca vaccine, like all other vaccines, is meant to help curtail the spread of the virus and keep guard against severe forms of the disease.
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Mr A, 62-year-old, drove into the facility on a Saturday afternoon and complained of fast breathing that started 2 days ago. He was seated some 4 feet from me putting on his face mask. With him was momma, his wife, who was rather calm. He was obviously in respiratory distress. Immediately Covid-19 registered at the back of my mind.
Over the last 5 days, I have lost 2 patients with symptoms in keeping with Covid.
1. The first came in on the 25th when I had to urgently dash down to Jos to meet with a partner who had recently just arrived from the US. The patient was said to have started having fast breathing, fever and cough. Since I wasn't on sit, he was urgently referred to the small PHC here, he was given some drugs and discharged home. He died in the dead of the night. 2. Second patient came in today with respiratory difficult (fast breathe), a high fever, cough, chest pain, all started suddenly over a period of 3days. No history of travels but had contact with the previous case. I was careful to examine and later sanitize properly. I commenced oxygen at 4L/min, gave high dose antibiotics, dexamethazone, and requested for an xray. After my exam, I was querying lobar pneumonia with Covid as a differential. He died even before the test results could return. Any symptoms close to this I find again, I am referring straight to the Covid centre in Kafanchan. |
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