Transient chest pain, former F0 went to the doctor to have a stent placed urgently

NVN patient (70 years old, Hanoi) has Covid-19. During the illness, he had headaches, body aches, stuffy nose, rarely he felt a little chest pain.

After recovering from the disease, Mr. NVN went to Saint Paul Hospital for examination. Here, the doctors saw signs of suspected cardiovascular disease, so they ordered tests. As a result, the patient had a heart enzyme index many times higher than the standard.

Doctors diagnosed patients with myocardial infarction on the background of diabetes patients and indicated urgent stenting intervention.

“The reason the patient had chest pain but did not discover it was because of a long history of diabetes leading to neurological complications. This makes the patient not feel the pain, “Dr. Doctor Do Dinh Tung, Deputy Director of Saint Paul Hospital informed reporters.

“Fortunately, the patient arrived at the hospital in time and is now in stable condition. If the family is only slow to take the patient to the hospital, there is a very high risk of sudden death at home due to a heart attack without being detected,” said Dr. Doctor Do Dinh Tung said.

Deputy Director of Green Hospital Do Dinh Tung visits patients who have just recovered from Covid-19

Deputy Director of Saint Paul Hospital said that the number of patients who come to the hospital for health check-ups after contracting Covid-19 at the hospital has increased, an average of about 100 cases. The number of patients coming to the clinic mainly had symptoms of prolonged cough, chest tightness, insomnia, headache, difficulty breathing…

Dr. Do Dinh Tung noted, it is necessary to understand the acute stage of Covid-19 (that is the time of 2-bar test) with symptoms of cough, fever, headache, stuffy nose, insomnia, angina, shortness of breath… can take up to 4 weeks. This is followed by a recovery period from the 5th week onwards where post-Covid-19 symptoms may appear, but usually post-Covid-19 symptoms appear from the 3rd month (week 12) and last for two months. months not explained by other causes.

The deputy director of Saint Paul Hospital noted that at the recovery stage, if the former F0 had abnormal symptoms, they should go for a health check. Young people who are healthy, have no underlying medical conditions, and have no abnormal signs do not need to go for a health check-up immediately after contracting Covid-19.

However, for patients with a history of chronic diseases, non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, gout, etc. If you are not able to check your health at home, you must go to the doctor immediately after being cured. Avoid unfortunate situations that may happen. At the hospital, doctors will base on the condition and symptoms to have the necessary tests and scans.

Answering the question, is it necessary to have a CT scan of the lung when the patient goes to the doctor after recovering from Covid-19?

Answering this question, Dr. Dr. Do Dinh Tung said this depends entirely on the patient’s signs.

“Not every patient is required to have a CT lung scan. The examining doctor will decide whether to take an X-ray, regular cardiopulmonary bypass, or CT scan. Usually, if you want to detect small, more detailed lesions, CT will be indicated, because the diagnostic value of CT is higher”, said Dr. Dr. Do Dinh Tung information.

In addition, in order to recover quickly after contracting Covid-19, Dr. Doctor Do Dinh Tung said that the former F0 needs to eat well, have a variety of nutrients, increase energy by 30% compared to normal and add necessary vitamins as prescribed by the doctor.

Secondly, the former F0 still needs to add enough water, water helps with metabolism, so it is very necessary. Therefore, not only when sick, do you need to add a lot of water, but even after recovering, F0 still needs to add from 2l to 2.5l of water a day.

Third, the former F0 still needs to maintain a regular exercise regimen with increasing intensity, pay attention to breathing exercises to have a stronger chest, and should follow the guidance of rehabilitation experts. respiratory capacity.

N. Huyen