{"id":17982,"date":"2021-12-16T21:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/post-covid-patient-story\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T21:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T21:45:27","slug":"post-covid-patient-story","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/post-covid-patient-story\/","title":{"rendered":"El paciente lucha contra las afecciones posCOVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El Centro de Control de Enfermedades (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC<\/a>) estima que m\u00e1s de 50 millones de estadounidenses se han infectado con COVID-19 desde enero de 2020, cuando se notific\u00f3 el primer caso en EE.UU. Mientras que algunas personas parecen recuperarse completamente, otras experimentan afecciones post-COVID potencialmente graves, tambi\u00e9n conocidas como COVID de larga duraci\u00f3n o COVID larga.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris McCarthy, locutor de radio matinal de la emisora WBSM de New Bedford, no s\u00f3lo ha padecido las condiciones posteriores al COVID, sino que ha luchado por su vida a medida que su salud se deterioraba a causa de ello.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Las afecciones posteriores al COVID son una amplia gama de problemas de salud nuevos, recurrentes o continuos que las personas pueden experimentar cuatro o m\u00e1s semanas despu\u00e9s de infectarse por primera vez con el virus que causa el COVID-19\" (CDC).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En marzo de 2021, Chris empez\u00f3 a sentirse mal. Cuando sus s\u00edntomas empeoraron, ingres\u00f3 en el hospital St. Luke's. Permaneci\u00f3 ingresado 50 d\u00edas y, tras recibir el alta, se enfrent\u00f3 a una dura batalla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como consecuencia directa de su infecci\u00f3n por COVID-19, Chris sufri\u00f3 un infarto de miocardio, m\u00faltiples derrames cerebrales, neumon\u00eda doble, trastornos del habla (debido a la intubaci\u00f3n prolongada) y una p\u00e9rdida de la funci\u00f3n muscular que afect\u00f3 a su capacidad para caminar. Incluso tuvo que ser reanimado con desfibrilaci\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-st-luke-s-saved-my-life-chris-said-i-died-and-they-brought-me-back\">\"Luke's me salv\u00f3 la vida\", dijo Chris. \"Mor\u00ed y me trajeron de vuelta\".<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Desde las puertas de la muerte hasta la rehabilitaci\u00f3n, Chris ha experimentado m\u00e1s que la mayor\u00eda de las personas [relativamente] sanas de 49 a\u00f1os, lo que demuestra que la COVID-19 puede tener efectos a largo plazo en cualquier persona, independientemente de su edad, sexo, nacionalidad, etnia o estado de salud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Tuve que volver a aprender cosas que deber\u00edas ser capaz de hacer [como caminar y cuidar] por ti mismo\", dijo Chris. \"Fue algo decepcionante que te ocurriera\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luchando contra el empeoramiento de los s\u00edntomas post-COVID desde junio de 2021, Chris reingres\u00f3 en los cuidados de Southcoast en el Centro de Rehabilitaci\u00f3n de Pacientes Internos Agudos del Hospital Charlton Memorial.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Le debo a la Rehabilitaci\u00f3n de Pacientes Internos Agudos de Southcoast Health todo lo que puedo hacer actualmente, f\u00edsicamente\", dijo Chris. \"No puedo decir lo suficiente: la actitud, la empat\u00eda y el entusiasmo por mi recuperaci\u00f3n han sido tremendos\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"A pesar de lo mal que ha estado mi salud, no podr\u00eda tenerla mejor que mi atenci\u00f3n en Southcoast\", dijo Chris. \"S\u00f3lo estoy vivo gracias a Bea (Beatriz Mimoso, MA CCC-SLP, y Pat\u00f3loga del Habla\/L\u00edder del Equipo de Rehabilitaci\u00f3n) y su personal\".\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke's Hospital y Charlton Memorial Hospital le dieron una nueva oportunidad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Ha hecho todo el trabajo duro\", dice Bea. \"Ha estado muy motivado y entusiasmado mientras hac\u00eda la terapia\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris repasa su viaje desde St. Luke's hasta Rehabilitaci\u00f3n en Charlton y comparte el importante mensaje sobre la vacunaci\u00f3n en su camino hacia la recuperaci\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"No pude vacunarme cuando contraje COVID (en marzo). De lo contrario, me la habr\u00eda puesto\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris espera que su historia pueda demostrar las consecuencias de no estar vacunado y el impacto negativo que ha tenido en su salud.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Las vacunas COVID-19 ofrecen una protecci\u00f3n eficaz contra COVID-19 y ayudan a evitar que adultos y ni\u00f1os enfermen gravemente. Adem\u00e1s, las vacunas COVID-19 pueden reducir el riesgo de propagaci\u00f3n del virus. La vacunaci\u00f3n de cualquier persona a partir de los cinco a\u00f1os de edad puede ayudar a reducir el riesgo para quienes no re\u00fanen los requisitos para la vacunaci\u00f3n y para los miembros de la familia que pueden tener un alto riesgo de enfermedad grave.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Especialmente teniendo en cuenta el reciente aumento de casos positivos, la vacunaci\u00f3n es la mejor manera de protegerse a s\u00ed mismo, a sus seres queridos y a la comunidad de COVID-19. Southcoast Health insta a todos a informarse para tomar una decisi\u00f3n informada.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4306,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-17982","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Patient Battles Post-COVID Conditions - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chris McCarthy, New Bedford&#039;s WBSM&#039;s morning radio host, has not only experienced post-COVID conditions but fought for his life.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/post-covid-patient-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patient Battles Post-COVID Conditions - 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