COVID outbreak, couples flu today (Dec 16 Jul ’22), MD Manoon Leechawengwong, respiratory disease specialist. Disclosed via personal Facebook he He indicated that during this period, in addition to a new large epidemic of COVID-19, there is also an epidemic of influenza. People who have never received the COVID vaccine and the flu shot. If infected with both the COVID-19 virus and flu at the same time have a chance to get seriously ill I wish everyone who has not injected. Hurry to get vaccinated against COVID and flu.
Dr. Manoon brought up the case. The patient is a Thai male, 52 years old, generally in good health. no congenital disease. They have not been examined for almost ten years. Never been vaccinated against COVID-19 AND the flu vaccine during the 4 months before the illness, weight loss of 4 kg. On December 5, 2022, he started having fever, cough, sore throat. On December 7, 2022 he was hospitalized at a hospital near my home. Nose prod sends ATK test for COVID-19 AND tests for influenza B strains came back positive. Doctor also tested blood for high blood sugar. have diabetes X-ray of the lungs normal, oxygen normal, received the drug Molnupiravir for the treatment of COVID. oseltamivir for treating flu and diabetes medicines
The patient was hospitalized for 3 days, coughing and becoming increasingly tired, still had a high fever, low oxygen, and the lung x-rays started to show white spots. Let’s move on to continuing the treatment. The doctor admitted the patient to the intensive care unit. With pneumonia caused by the coronavirus and influenza virus, and with the condition DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis), blood sugar is very high. Very high accumulation of sugars, HbA1c 15%, high levels of ketones in the blood. the blood is acidic X-ray of the lungs with white spots on 2 sides to give oxygen through the nose line. Give intravenous remdesivir injections for 5 days to give instant immunity, Evusheld 2 injections in each hip to treat COVID AND continue to take oseltamivir to treat flu for 5 days. Diabetes can be controlled by giving insulin. Fever decreases, cough persists, tiredness improves, white spots in both lungs decrease.
