Even without a cough: a strange “cold” sends Russians to the hospital with pneumonia

Thought it was a mild cold, but it turned out to be pneumonia

Petersburgers shared with “Dr. Peter” their case histories, which in just a few days put them in hospital beds with pneumonia.

“The temperature for four days, quite high, reached 39, but nothing else bothered, except perhaps a strong weakness,” 35-year-old Ksenia shared with “Doctor Peter”.

The young woman explained that she had never been ill with anything more serious than covid in her life, and she literally endured it on her feet. This time, too, she did not attach importance to the symptoms, until it became completely bad. The ambulance took Ksenia to the infectious diseases hospital with bilateral lung damage..

Approximately according to the same scenario, the story of another couple developed. At first, the husband fell ill, a few days later the wife fell ill. Temperature, weakness and no symptoms.

– On the sixth day, my husband took an x-ray in the direction of a therapist, it turned out that he had bilateral pneumonia, they offered hospitalization, but we refused. Now on antibiotics, – Marina from St. Petersburg told Doctor Peter.

A few days later, the woman was also diagnosed with pneumonia. The children also fell ill, but their temperature dropped quite quickly.

There are many similar posts on the web. Everything is warmed up by the stories of famous people who literally performed on stage the day before, and the very next day they were in intensive care on a ventilator.