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It was the Health function of her Samsung smartphone that saved a woman originally from Rome but living in Fondi, in the province of Latina, whose story is incredible.
After the positivity to Covid-19 of her 17-year-old son, probably infected on the way from home to school in the usual bus full of travelers, the woman began to suffer the first classic symptoms.
When the attending physician was informed, the woman immediately reserved a molecular swab, but the driving time was very long. The appointment for her, with fever and muscle aches for days, had been set for Saturday, November 7. Without the full-blown positive state, as it is known, it is not possible to be included in the telemonitoring circuit.
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Mother, 17-year-old son with positive symptoms and younger brother in perfect health were thus isolated, waiting days and days, without oximeter or treatment of any kind.
However, as the days went by, although the woman struggled to react and stay strong, her breathing became shorter and shorter.
“When I realized it was getting worse too fast, he says, I started measuring the oxygen level in my blood with my smartphone. Then I shared the data with my doctor, although at first, given the results, we both thought the app was unreliable. “
Thanks to the direct telephone contact, the surveys with the Health app and the description of the symptoms, the very helpful GP began to think that there was no more time to lose.
“Yesterday morning – the woman continues – I could hardly breathe anymore, my doctor called the ambulance but they told me that the waiting times would be very long. However, the latest measurements made with the smartphone further alerted the doctors who, in the end, made a few calls and arrived by ambulance in less than ten minutes. They got me a bed at the “San Giovanni di Dio” hospital in Fondi, which made me walk a path dedicated to covid patients. They immediately did the swab and CT scan and, as we had anticipated, diagnosed me with pneumonia. They will transfer me during the day but the doctors still don’t know if in Latina or in Rome. I don’t dare to think what would have happened if I had stayed at home or waiting in the ambulance: I mentioned it quite directly and angrily despite my lack of breath.
In short, a trivial application saved the life of this woman who, by not having a device to measure blood pressure at home, if she had not thought about using a smartphone, probably could not have provided her doctor with the necessary data to expedite . The procedure. Miraculously negative the little one of the house, he moved to another house to avoid the risk of contracting the virus. On the other hand, the older brother is positive but with mild symptoms: good news for the lady who can think of her health with two fewer thoughts.
After all, the road to recovery will be very hard and quite long.
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