After recovering from Covid-19, his wife was constantly in fear of seeing the virus everywhere

03/19/2022 19:35 GMT+7

Manh (Xuan’s husband) said that his wife contracted Covid-19 from a colleague. After being isolated at home for 2 weeks, his wife’s mentality changed a lot. From being energetic, relaxed, not too scared about Covid-19, when experiencing Covid-19, Ms. Xuan changed completely.

According to Manh, his wife is constantly panicking from fear of viruses and bacteria. At home or at work, she sprays alcohol, washes her hands constantly even though she peels off the skin, but she still sprays and washes. Every 5-10 minutes, he sees his wife holding a bottle of alcohol spray, rubbing her hands and spraying computers and phones, even though no one in the house has Covid-19. She is always obsessed with reinfection and always says ‘re-infection will be very serious’. Even more afraid than when she did not have Covid-19.

Children just need to go to open the door, without wearing a mask, she will also be angry with them. She is always afraid of crowds, to the point of not daring to go to the market. While, before Covid-19 was completely normal.

At night, his wife lost sleep continuously. Constantly glued to the phone. Although her husband encouraged her to go to sleep, she still did not go. When Mr. Manh found out that he was positive, he was calm and his wife cried tears of fear.

During two weeks of self-isolation in her room, perhaps Ms. Xuan suffered from psychological trauma and contracted a virus, causing her to have a high fever for 5 days, a headache, and after recovering from the illness, she was always tired and lost her appetite. Sleepless nights and she complains of sleep paralysis, dreams… always haunts her with Covid-19.

After contracting Covid-19, many people fall into a state of depression.

Therefore, Manh took his wife to be checked after Covid-19. At the hospital, the doctor checked and there was no abnormality. But when talking with the patient, the doctor saw that Xuan showed signs of depression, so he advised Manh to take his wife for a mental health check.

The case of Ms. Do Van Anh – Go Vap district, HCMC is similar. After recovering from Covid-19, Van Anh fell into depression. After the impact of Covid-19, she was transferred from an accountant to an import-export worker.

Because she has no work experience, she is under a lot of pressure. Plus Covid-19 swept through the whole family, the 5-year-old daughter constantly had to go to the hospital for pneumonia, VA … enough reasons for Van Anh to lose sleep and have headaches. When going to the doctor, the young mother seemed to cry because she felt depressed and could not find the meaning of life..

According to BSCKII. Lam Hieu Minh – Psychological Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City The number of patients with post-Covid-19 mental health sequelae is increasing. Each session, the department receives 8-10 patients, about 50% of the patients have had Covid-19.

In addition, Dr. Minh said that many people have never been infected with Covid-19 but suffer from many negative factors from the epidemic that trigger mental health problems such as postpartum women and children. In particular, the rate tends to increase in young children due to being locked in the house for too long, not being able to go to school, and having a lot of exposure to television and mobile phones.

When the patient shows signs of mental disorder, Dr. Minh said that relatives play an important role for patients with post-Covid-19 mental health sequelae because they live close and are trusted by the patient. .

With proper knowledge and care, relatives have many opportunities to detect early signs of illness.

In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the attitude of relatives towards the patient. Love and knowledge about the disease as well as the right treatment will help the patient not be stigmatized and alienated. It is necessary to have sympathy, support and accompany the patient in the recovery process.

If you find yourself or someone else having psychological problems after being infected with Covid-19, you should call the psychological support hotlines of hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City or organizations and associations for psychological support and mental health. God.

It is necessary to carry out positive, healthy, and moderate activities to increase the ability to recover physical, psychological and social health…

Dr. Minh gives his experience that patients can overcome factors affecting mental health. Three things to do to improve morale during the pandemic:

1. Rebalance the old circadian rhythms before social distancing such as eating, sleeping, working, and being physically active.

2. Share negative feelings with relatives and friends.

3. Social balance by maintaining uninterrupted social connection.

Khanh Chi