"Sorry" is a word coined by many infected people in COVID-19. This kind of "sorry" comes from a feeling of causing trouble to others, and also from fear of being regarded as trouble.
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"Xiaoyang people finally don't have to avoid anything." 65438+In the early morning of February 5th, Xin Wei expressed her feelings in a circle of friends.
Xin Wei works in a luxury store in downtown Chengdu. Usually there are many people in the shop, and she is very careful every day. She began to implement "two points and one line" a long time ago, fearing that she would be "recruited". But a few months ago, Xin Wei was diagnosed with COVID-19 virus after her nucleic acid was positive. During that time, she only briefly shared a few photos in her circle of friends. An informed colleague comforted her to "have a good rest and don't think too much". Xin Wei only replied with a refueling expression, for fear that more people would know.
After returning to work, Xin Wei deliberately played down her experience of being infected and would not take the initiative to mention it. When someone asked, she simply said a few words. She is afraid of being labeled and even treated specially. Until recently, with the adjustment of epidemic prevention policies in various places, many infectious disease experts have said that scientific evidence shows that the proportion of severe illness and death caused by Omicron mutant at this stage is significantly lower than that of the previous original strain. Everyone's panic gradually eased, and Xin Wei's heart was opened and a circle of friends with special significance was sent.
Being sick made me feel bad, but after that, I felt "actually fine"
Xin Wei didn't think she would be "recruited" at that time. COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control for more than three years, she did countless nucleic acid tests, home isolation also has several times. However, when Xin Wei was told that the nucleic acid test result was positive at the beginning of this year 10, she couldn't believe the result-in fact, she still doesn't know how she was infected.
At that time, Xin Wei had no symptoms. Although I didn't make it clear, I was still very nervous. Previously asked to be isolated at home, she would tease herself in the circle of friends that she "ran into the finals". But at that moment, she really boarded the "podium", but did not dare to make any noise.
After the diagnosis, Xin Wei was transferred to a shelter. Xin Wei didn't go to many people's cabins. Three meals a day are delivered on time, the rest space is relatively sufficient, and the bathroom is relatively clean. But Xin Wei always just wants to lie in bed. She doesn't like this seemingly "food comes with mouth, clothes come with mouth" life.
At first, Xin Wei's symptoms were like a cold, like a hangover, fever, cough, dry and itchy throat, and sometimes she felt her throat tighten like something stuck, accompanied by dizziness and headache. But Xin Wei doesn't know whether the latter is caused by COVID-19 or influenced by emotions. At first, she wanted to lie in bed and rest as much as possible, but the more tired she was, she forced herself to get up and walk.
Chen Huan, a scholar who has lived abroad for many years, has been infected with this virus many times in the past three years. At the end of this year 10, she was "recruited" again. With previous experience, the "prescription" she chose for herself was Fenbid+saline spray.
"Cough, cold and hot for several days, repeated fever, very tired, muscle aches." Chen Huan felt that this kind of feeling was very bad and easy to make people feel uncomfortable, but then he felt "actually fine".
The National Business Daily reporter noted that this is also a symptom of many patients. According to reports, Tong, an expert in respiratory critical illness in China and director of the Beijing Institute of Respiratory Diseases, said that the mutant strain of Omicron has become several branches. Clinical observation shows that Omicron is characterized by strong transmission, that is, its transmission speed is faster than that of the original strain, but it is still dominated by upper respiratory symptoms. Many people don't even have a high fever, but only moderate to low fever, sore throat and cough.
Tong said that during this period, from the domestic point of view, more than 90% of asymptomatic infected people plus mild cases, there are not many ordinary cases, and even fewer severe and critical cases.
I went to Wuhan from head to toe three years ago, and now I occasionally forget to wear a mask.
Among the confirmed patients interviewed by national business daily, Xú Zhēng is a special person. In early 2020, medical journalist Xú Zhēng was sent to Wuhan. At that time, he went to ICU to interview critically ill patients. In the past three years, Xú Zhēng has made numerous reports about COVID-19. He felt that he was familiar with COVID-19, even ignoring that it would appear around him.
He recalled that COVID-19 could cause pneumonia in Wuhan at that time, and severe cases required hospitalization or even death. So in terms of protection, including goggles, gloves, headgear, N95 masks, etc. As long as you go out, do a good job of protection.
"I capsized." 165438+1In late October, Xú Zhēng told the reporter of National Business Daily that he didn't leave the community one week before he was infected, which may be because he didn't wear a mask when he took the elevator. After a positive case appeared in the same building, he found that there were also "two columns" when he tested himself. After the infection, he had a low fever at first, about 37.5℃, and then it was 38℃ for several days. He had a fever for three and a half days, then his throat was inflamed and his eyes were uncomfortable. As a medical journalist, Xú Zhēng knows COVID-19's symptoms very well. "I felt yang on the first night when I developed symptoms, and my girlfriend also blamed me for not thinking well." .
Xú Zhēng's self-test result with antigen reagent was positive. Image source: Xú Zhēng
But there is something "lucky" about this infection-if it was infected three days in advance, Xú Zhēng would need to go to a shelter. However, with the further optimization of epidemic prevention policy, Xú Zhēng was able to live in isolation. First, he put a door magnet on the door, but he can order take-away food and fresh vegetables himself to keep his life as original as possible. The community distributed garbage bags of antigen, Chinese medicine and medical waste, and asked Xú Zhēng to report the antigen test results every day, but there was no intervention. Relying on the knowledge gained from work, Xú Zhēng bought relevant drugs. "Take Gankang for cold symptoms, Tylenol for fever, and dextromethorphan syrup for cough."
After the symptoms lasted for about 7 days, Xú Zhēng's nucleic acid test results turned negative. Some temporary sequelae show that COVID-19 has been here, such as physical decline, the sense of taste and smell has not fully recovered, and he has lost four pounds. My girlfriend, who lives with Xú Zhēng, became a regular employee three days later, but her symptoms were even milder due to her usual fitness habits.
Looking back at this "trick", Xú Zhēng felt that because he knew that the harm of Omicron mutants was reduced, and because everyone had strict protection before, almost no one around him got the disease, and the protection was sloppy.
Compared with Xú Zhēng, Liu Qing's understanding of COVID-19 is not sufficient. What she is most worried about is how much harm COVID-19 will do to her body. So when she was first quarantined, she couldn't sleep all night.
Liu Qing said that my mind was full of messy things that day, especially the child who was isolated because of herself, and Liu Qing, the neighbor of the whole building, worried that others would complain about her troubles and that there would really be sequelae. That night, it seems that it will not dawn, and it has been tossed and turned. At first, Liu Qing had no symptoms. According to the official report, she was asymptomatic, and the doctor told her that there was nothing wrong with the CT results. But then she started to have a fever, her temperature went up and down, and then she sneezed and had a runny nose, so she had no strength. She looked up a lot of information about COVID-19 on her mobile phone, and she had different opinions, which made her even more uneasy.
It took Liu Qing three days to sort out his emotions. After her body was asymptomatic and the nucleic acid test result was negative, she was discharged from the hospital after evaluation by the expert group. "In fact, it is not as terrible as I thought."
Recently, Professor Yu, a professor of infectious diseases in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and the head of Guangzhou Huangpu Fangcang Medical Team, said in an interview with the media: "Some patients with infectious diseases will be considered as sequelae if the functions of some organs cannot return to normal for a long time after the recovery period." For those infected with COVID-19 virus, some people's clinical manifestations may last for a long time, such as loss of taste and smell, joint pain, memory loss, chest pain and cough. Some scholars call these "long new crowns". However, Yu believes that these can't be counted as "sequela of COVID-19". "At present, academic circles have not confirmed that COVID-19 has sequelae. At least there is no evidence of sequelae. "
Deng Xilong, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine of the Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, told the media that the "sequela" may come from psychological factors. According to him, the earliest report about COVID-19's sequela in China should come from the observation of some early severe patients, which also made many people have a greater fear of COVID-19. Since 2020, the Eighth Hospital of Guangzhou has followed up more than 65,438+000 patients with COVID-19. It is found that as long as it is not a serious or critical patient, the symptoms will be relieved to varying degrees in about three months. If you are a critically ill patient, as long as you can actively carry out rehabilitation exercises after returning home, those so-called "sequelae" can be easily alleviated. As for severe patients, there are relatively few cases in Guangzhou, but the so-called "long-term sequelae" of severe patients are similar to severe influenza and severe pneumonia that needed to be treated in icu in the past. If they can recover well, the symptoms of these patients can also be alleviated.
From June 5438+February last year, the Eighth Hospital of Guangzhou admitted Omicron-infected people. By June 5438+1October this year, there were basically no serious cases, and some COVID-19 patients who recovered from the local epidemic were followed up for 3 months after discharge. Deng Xilong said that no obvious sequelae were found in these patients. What they complain about is "exhaustion, poor sleep or anxiety", which is subjective and has nothing to do with the organic pathological changes caused by COVID-19, but mostly psychological factors. These patients are mainly given psychological counseling.
Infection used to embarrass them, but now they finally dare to say it.
Besides worrying about physical problems, people who have recovered in COVID-19 are also afraid of being labeled. From diagnosis and treatment to returning to normal life, many people's moods are ups and downs. Especially before, some companies even offered discriminatory conditions such as "Yang turns to Yin, don't stay in the cabin all the time" and "don't stay in the cabin all the time", which made some people more worried.
Xin Wei was depressed at first, but she found that everyone tried to look busy in the cabin. Some people read books, some people beat Tai Ji Chuan, and some people sang and danced. In her view, this is because people want to find a sense of order when they are temporarily out of control. "As long as personal behavior and life are still as usual, I think the situation is still controllable."
This process didn't last long, and soon she adjusted herself. But what is more uncomfortable than the physiological reaction is the other effects brought by infection. "Before, I also read some news that infected people in COVID-19 were discriminated against. My job needs to deal with different customers, for fear that the company will feel bad influence. I am sick, but my job is gone. " Xin Wei said.
Colleagues working in the same store as Xin Wei were also sent to the centralized isolation hotel, but colleagues directly started the live broadcast with social accounts. But Xin Wei can't do it. "It's not that I'm exhausted, but that I can't relax like my colleagues. Being sick is not my fault, but I always feel embarrassed. I want to keep a low profile and don't want too many people to know that I am infected or have been infected. "
"Sorry" is a word coined by many infected people in COVID-19. This kind of "sorry" comes from a feeling of causing trouble to others, and also from fear of being regarded as trouble. During the isolation, Liu Qing expressed her apologies among the owners, and her neighbors cheered for her and asked her to relax and take a vacation.
After the nucleic acid turned negative, Xin Wei returned to work smoothly, and the supervisor and colleagues also prepared a bunch of flowers to celebrate her recovery. After leaving the hospital, Xin Wei released new styles in a circle of friends and set up a group for her guests to share new products or promotional information from time to time. "Frequent store closures have a great impact on performance. Even in a relatively normal period, there are obviously fewer customers coming to spend. Everything will return to normal when the body recovers. Do more now to resist the uncertainty of the future. " Xin Wei said.
After returning to the community, Liu Qing also found that her neighbors were friendly and had no sequelae. "They all know which room number I live in, and there is no special reaction when they see me parked on that floor." She told reporters that she was worried too much before. Some neighbors told her not to think too much. The most important thing is to improve her immunity, keep a good attitude, eat well and sleep well, and take this disease as a time to relax.
Now, Xú Zhēng is waiting for his girlfriend's nucleic acid to turn negative. "Let the community arrange family nucleic acid, and if it is negative twice, it can be turned into health monitoring." Although Xú Zhēng was not worried about the sequelae, he still chose not to tell his parents in his hometown about the infection. "I'm not sure how much they know about it. Since it's all right, there is no need to say it. "
In the three years since the outbreak, from Delta to Omicron, the virus has spread from lung invasion to upper respiratory tract infection. Compared with two years ago, the epidemic situation, the transmission mode of the virus, the death rate and the serious illness rate have all undergone fundamental changes. Recently, Zhang Wenhong, director of China National Center for Infectious Diseases Medicine, publicly stated that under the effective national prevention and control strategy, the mortality rate in COVID-19 has been very low, but it can't change the extremely rapid spread speed caused by virus mutation. He believes that through the research and development of vaccines and antimicrobial drugs, especially continuing to deepen international cooperation against epidemic diseases, the world will gradually get out of the epidemic.
Zhong Nanshan, a well-known authoritative expert, also publicly stated that the symptoms of Omicron infection after COVID-19 mutation are mild, the probability of pneumonia is low, and the mortality rate is low, which is almost close to seasonal influenza. Generally speaking, there is no need to worry too much.