{"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\/pt\/news\/post-covid-patient-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Paciente luta contra condi\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00f3s-COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O Centro de Controlo de Doen\u00e7as (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC<\/a>) estima que mais de 50 milh\u00f5es de americanos tenham sido infectados com a COVID-19 desde janeiro de 2020, quando o primeiro caso foi notificado nos EUA. Embora algumas pessoas pare\u00e7am recuperar totalmente, outras apresentam condi\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00f3s-COVID potencialmente graves, tamb\u00e9m conhecidas como COVID de longa dist\u00e2ncia ou COVID longa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris McCarthy, apresentador da r\u00e1dio matinal WBSM de New Bedford, n\u00e3o s\u00f3 viveu as condi\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00f3s-COVID como lutou pela sua vida \u00e0 medida que a sua sa\u00fade se deteriorava.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"As condi\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00f3s-COVID s\u00e3o uma vasta gama de problemas de sa\u00fade novos, recorrentes ou cont\u00ednuos que as pessoas podem ter quatro ou mais semanas ap\u00f3s terem sido infectadas pela primeira vez com o v\u00edrus que causa a COVID-19\" (CDC).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Em mar\u00e7o de 2021, Chris come\u00e7ou a sentir-se mal. Quando os sintomas se agravaram, deu entrada no St. Luke's Hospital. Luke. Permaneceu no hospital durante 50 dias e enfrentou uma batalha ainda mais dif\u00edcil ap\u00f3s a alta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como resultado direto da sua infe\u00e7\u00e3o por COVID-19, Chris sofreu um ataque card\u00edaco, m\u00faltiplos AVC, pneumonia dupla, dificuldades na fala (devido \u00e0 entuba\u00e7\u00e3o prolongada) e uma perda de fun\u00e7\u00e3o muscular que afectou a sua capacidade de andar. Teve mesmo de ser reanimado com desfibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o.&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\">\"O St. Luke's salvou-me a vida\", disse Chris. \"Eu morri e eles trouxeram-me de volta.\"<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Das portas da morte \u00e0 reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o, Chris passou por mais experi\u00eancias do que a maioria das pessoas [relativamente] saud\u00e1veis de 49 anos - demonstrando que a COVID-19 pode ter efeitos a longo prazo em qualquer pessoa, independentemente da idade, g\u00e9nero, nacionalidade, etnia ou estado de sa\u00fade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Tive de reaprender coisas que se devia ser capaz de fazer [como andar e cuidar] de si pr\u00f3prio\", disse Chris. \"Foi uma coisa dececionante que nos aconteceu.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lutar contra o agravamento dos sintomas p\u00f3s-COVID desde junho de 2021, Chris voltou a receber os cuidados de Southcoast no Centro de Reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o Aguda de Internamento do Charlton Memorial Hospital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Devo \u00e0 Southcoast Health's Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation tudo o que consigo fazer atualmente, a n\u00edvel f\u00edsico\", afirmou Chris. \"N\u00e3o me canso de dizer que a atitude, a empatia e o entusiasmo pela minha recupera\u00e7\u00e3o t\u00eam sido tremendos.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Por muito m\u00e1 que a minha sa\u00fade tenha sido, n\u00e3o podia ter sido melhor do que os cuidados que recebi em Southcoast\", disse Chris. \"S\u00f3 estou vivo gra\u00e7as \u00e0 Bea (Beatriz Mimoso, MA CCC-SLP, e patologista da fala\/chefe da equipa de reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o) e \u00e0 sua equipa.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Os cuidados prestados a Chris no St. Luke's Hospital e no Charlton Memorial Hospital deram-lhe uma nova oportunidade de vida.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Ele fez todo o trabalho duro\", disse Bea. \"Tem estado t\u00e3o motivado e entusiasmado enquanto faz terapia.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke's para a Reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o em Charlton e partilha a importante mensagem sobre a vacina\u00e7\u00e3o no seu caminho para a recupera\u00e7\u00e3o.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"N\u00e3o pude tomar a vacina quando contra\u00ed a COVID (em mar\u00e7o). Caso contr\u00e1rio, t\u00ea-la-ia tomado\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris espera que a sua hist\u00f3ria possa demonstrar as consequ\u00eancias de n\u00e3o ter sido vacinado e o impacto negativo que isso teve na sua sa\u00fade.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As vacinas contra a COVID-19 oferecem uma prote\u00e7\u00e3o eficaz contra a COVID-19 e ajudam a evitar que os adultos e as crian\u00e7as fiquem gravemente doentes. Al\u00e9m disso, as vacinas contra a COVID-19 podem reduzir o risco de propaga\u00e7\u00e3o do v\u00edrus. A vacina\u00e7\u00e3o de todas as pessoas com idade igual ou superior a cinco anos pode ajudar a reduzir o risco para as pessoas n\u00e3o eleg\u00edveis para a vacina\u00e7\u00e3o e para os membros da fam\u00edlia que possam estar em risco elevado de doen\u00e7a grave.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Especialmente tendo em conta o recente aumento de casos positivos, a vacina\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 a melhor forma de se proteger a si, aos seus entes queridos e \u00e0 comunidade contra a COVID-19. A Southcoast Health insta todos a conhecerem os factos para tomarem uma decis\u00e3o 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=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patient Battles Post-COVID Conditions - 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