The elderly tend to be sleepy, talk gibberish, don’t connect, sleep more often, wet the bed
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA–Elderly infected with Covid-19 can experience: typical symptoms or non-specific symptoms. Other family members must pay close attention to the emergence of Covid-19 symptoms in children elderly to immediately consult a doctor or health care facility.
“We must pay attention to these atypical symptoms,” said Anastasia Asylia Dinakrisma, staff of the Geriatrics Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, in a webinar on Saturday (4/9).
He explained that the typical symptoms of Covid-19 include fever with a body temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius or more and an increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius or more than the usual temperature. Then, respiratory symptoms such as peck, runny nose, sore throat, stuffy nose, loss of smell, and loss of taste can also affect the elderly.
In addition to the typical symptoms above, there are symptoms are not typical Covid-19 that occurs in the elderly. Anastasia said that there was a change in consciousness that made the elderly tend to be sleepy, talk gibberish, don’t connect, sleep more often, and suddenly wet the bed.
Symptoms of Covid-19 in the elderly can also be painful chest tightness, diarrhea, vomiting, not wanting to eat, weakness getting worse, to high fever. Symptoms of a stroke can also occur such as weakness of the session, slurred speech, slanted mouth, and seizures.
The elderly can also fall which causes severe pain, suspicion of fractures, and even fainting. According to Anastasia, these conditions are often found in the clinics where she practices. “So indeed the patient was only taken because this week he was only sleepy, it turned out to be positive. Some even came because they fell, then swab was positive, the next day or two they were short of breath. breath, this is not happening now, yes, it was in the early days of Covid,” he said.
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