[디스커버리뉴스=정기환 기자] The National Rehabilitation Center (Acting Director Kim Wan-ho) has published the ⌜ Rehabilitation Guide for Corona 19 Quarantine Releasers, which contains rehabilitation information for people recovering after being infected with COVID-19.
From the point of view of rehabilitation medicine, this guide contains methods for managing symptoms that may appear after COVID-19 infection, such as breathing management, fatigue management for daily life, physical activity and exercise, cognitive management, swallowing management, and voice management, by area.
A significant number of patients infected with COVID-19 recover without sequelae, but some cases have been reported where symptoms persist for more than two weeks after the onset.
“After working out, I am definitely more tired than before. The food still doesn’t taste good.” 4 weeks of release from quarantine (Kim OO, male, 36 years old)
“I came back to work, but after working, I quickly get tired and out of breath.”
8 weeks of quarantine release (Kwak OO, male, 48 years old)
In the world-renowned academic journal Nature, the results of analyzing and considering studies tracking COVID-19 patients in Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and China were published. (August 2021)
In this study, symptoms or signs lasting more than two weeks after the onset of the disease were viewed as long-term effects, and 80% of COVID-19 patients reported having one or more symptoms.
Commonly reported symptoms include fatigue (58%), headache (44%), impaired attention (27%), and difficulty breathing (24%). <붙임 2 참조>
The National Rehabilitation Center reviewed the report of the National Institutes of Health (NIHR) in the UK, the guidelines of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Evaluation (NICE) in the UK, and the guide for self-management published by the European branch of the World Health Organization (WHO). A guide was published as a guide to help people.
The published guide is distributed to those who are released from quarantine due to COVID-19, and the contents of this booklet (PDF file) can also be viewed through the website of the National Rehabilitation Center. In the future, the guide will be made into a video and uploaded to the YouTube channel of the National Rehabilitation Center (May 2022) so that more people can utilize rehabilitation information.
It is hoped that the ⌜Covid-19 Rehabilitation Guide for those released from quarantine⌟ will help people who have completed inpatient treatment, treatment at a living treatment center, and home treatment to safely return to daily life.