Long Covid, when shortness of breath and the cough does not go away: what to do?

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Lack of breathat rest or from exertion (typically taking the stairs), feeling of difficulty a to breathe fully, sense of compulsion chest, wheezing, cough and easy fatigue are the symptoms most frequently described by those who suffer from consequences long-term respiratory diseases of Covid. The evaluation of respiratory compromise provides one studio radiological (chest X-ray and, in selected cases, high resolution CT scan that does not require contrast) of the function respiratory (spirometry, study of alveolar-capillary diffusion, gait test, arterial blood gas analysis and, in some cases, cardio-pulmonary exercise test).

One is indicated gradual and progressive recovery of daily activities without however exceeding and granting i times physiological to our body to recover. One important thing is to checkwithout becoming an obsession, their values ​​of saturation through an oximeter (they are reliable devices and substantially identical to each other, there are no better brands or models), paying particular attention to values which are obtained during the effort physicist. In general, try not to go below 92%, in case it is better to do one pausetake up again breath and wait for the values ​​to rise and then resume the movement. The resumption of the exercise can also foresee that it is broken in several moments of the day. There exercise bike for recovery and exercise can be an excellent path to pursue, as well as the walk fast and the I swim In cases of post-infectious asthma, topical bronchodilators and cortisone can be used.

– Sergio Harari and Vera Martinella are the authors of the just released book Post Covid, published by Solferino

June 17, 2022 – Updated June 17, 2022, 11:52 am

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