Doctor Manu warns children to hurry to bring the elderly to get vaccinated to reduce serious illness
On August 15, Dr. Manoon Leechawengwong, a specialist in respiratory diseases Vichaiyut Hospital posted on Facebook that there are quite a number of elderly people who have not received a single dose of the coronavirus vaccine. because the children are afraid that What will the elderly be from vaccinations? and thought that the elderly did not go anywhere, but stayed in the house
The last two and a half years Elderly people who have not been vaccinated have not been infected. But when there is an outbreak of the BA.5 Omicron virus, which makes it very easy to stick together. There are elderly people infected with the coviral from their children in the home. And many people are so sick that they go to the ICU because they don’t have any immunity. As a result, the ICU began to receive patients again like the time when there was an outbreak of the Delta species. But this time, the patients responded better to treatment than the Delta species.
Dr. Manoon stated that Ask your children to change their minds. Hurry up to take the elderly to get vaccinated against COVID-19 urgently.
A 90-year-old Thai female patient suffering from hypertension. hyperlipidemia irregular heartbeat insert a pacemaker Never received a single dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Infected with covid from a 13-year-old grandson on July 31, 2022, came to the hospital with nausea and vomiting. Later, there was high fever, breathlessness, very low oxygen level. The first ATK test was negative, but the RT-PCR SARS-CoV2 CT value N gene 10.23 on the lung X-ray had white melasma on the right side more than the left side (see picture), requiring coughing. CU Administered high-flow nasal cannula, received remdesivir injection for 5 days, fever decreased, fatigue improved. X-rays of the lungs are greatly reduced (see figure), oxygen levels return to normal without oxygen. After being in the hospital for 13 days
