SALTILLO, COAH.- Doctor Carolina Bárcenas Martínez, who has treated more than thousand patients at home for COVID-19reported that since December 13 the cases skyrocketed: out of every 10 patients he sees in his private practice, 6 are positive,
Until this Friday, the Health Secretary reported in Coahuila 665 active cases, with 185 in Saltillo, in addition to 28 hospitalized in the state and 10 in this capital, however, he considered that there is an underreporting of patients that it is not possible to specify.
“Since December 13, I began to notice an increase in cases, only the symptoms are very mild, thank God. Most of the pictures are similar to a mild cold, except for vulnerable people who are at risk of complication, but it is very rare;
“People who have mild symptoms usually don’t get tested, they just walk around not realizing they have it. There is an under-registration, many people who are asymptomatic or the majority with mild symptoms, since they do not feel so bad, do not seek medical attention ”, Barcenas Martinez said.
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The explanation may be that people developed more defenses once morest the Coronavirusgiven that a large part of the population has two, three or more vaccines or have already had the disease, so the virus enters and leaves the body as if nothing had happened.
“It is under-diagnosed because the symptoms are mild, they do not know they have Covid; Those who feel very bad are tested and they are negative for Covid, it turns out that it is a cold, it does not get complicated, it is two, three days in bed with fever, mucus, sneezes and the flu goes away ”, the doctor pointed out.
Of his patients, out of every 10 he sees, six present CoronavirusFrom Influenza and two Common cold.
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“We realize the increase in cases, because consultations began to increase, at first they were common colds, a month ago we saw an increase in cases of influenza and since December 13, I have it well marked because we had not had any positive, Covid cases skyrocketed from 4 to 6 degrees;
“It can give anyone, those who can get complicated, in which their Covid evolves into pneumonia, are vulnerable people: the elderly, diabetics, hypertensives, people with low defenses”said the specialist.
Another sector of the population at risk are people with obesity y overweightbecause they are generally associated with metabolic diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes, poor diet and a drop in defenses.
“The recommendation, although it is not yet official, is to use face masks once more, try not to be in closed spaces with a lot of people, wash your hands, use gel antibacterial and avoid greeting physical contact”concluded Dr. Barcenas Martinez.
