TRIBUNJATIM.COM, MALANG – Lately the community has been shocked by Happy Hypoxia which became a hot topic of discussion on social media.
Spokesperson for the Covid-19 Task Force Team Malang city, Dr. Husnul Muarif explain that Happy Hypoxia this is a manifestation of Covid-19.
Where the community will not feel they have any symptoms, but suddenly they are confirmed positive for Covid-19.
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“When viewed from the vocabulary, Happy is happy, Hypoxia is lacking oxygen. So people feel there are no complaints. So when he runs his activities, his oxygen demand suddenly becomes obstructed,” he said.
Dr. Husnul explained that Happy Hypoxia this is different from pneumonia.
The reason is, pneumonia has symptoms in the respiratory tract, meanwhile Happy Hypoxia do not have any symptoms, aka healthy.
“The name is happy, so a person who has no symptoms and is in pretty good stamina, and is running his usual activities, but suddenly the oxygen supply is blocked,” he explained.
Therefore, he asked the public to always be vigilant and not underestimate Covid-19.
Dr. Husnul appealed to the public to keep implementing health protocols in every activity.
In order for the community to carry out independent mitigation to minimize and prevent the risk of exposure to Covid-19.
“If it’s dangerous, yes. That’s why we all have to be vigilant. Because we also don’t know whether or not we are exposed to Covid-19 in our bodies,” he said.
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