J.Ragauskaitė, who had COVID-19, addressed young people: “Even a young person can be at high risk” | Names

Justina Ragauskaitė initially emphasized that she had neither the professional nor the moral right to say what the disease was at the remote conference “Confrontation with Covid-19: Are we getting stronger?” Exactly the same, he admitted, he wrote to other coronavirus-infected people who, when they learned that the woman was ill, sent personal messages with various questions.

“I have no right to say if it is a serious or minor illness. It seems to me that this is a kind of lottery. There is no single rule. It cannot be said that if you are a young person who does not have collateral diseases, it will pass and pass, and that it is dangerous only for a certain category of people, “said the producer at the conference.

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She herself heard from doctors that she was infected with a mild coronavirus. As soon as he received a positive test result, he was immediately admitted to the Santara clinics, where the doctors dropped the drops for 10 days.

“I knew from other infected people who wrote to me that some of them had not been hospitalized, so I wondered when they would be discharging me. The doctors only answered that the indicators were unstable, so they did not want to risk discharging me. from the hospital, ”recalled J. Ragauskaitė.

Of course a woman after a while was canceled even though the virus had not yet passed: “At the time, very little was known about the virus. Of course, now we hear more often that 10 or 11 days is the cornerstone, so more or less we can see where the patient’s condition is heading.”

“And I was released in those days and two days later I went back to the hospital again“,” Added J. Ragauskaitė.

After becoming infected with the coronavirus, Justina did not experience her usual symptoms of shortness of breath or cough. Justin, like most patients, had a reduced sense of smell and smell, but mostly he broke his bones and was nauseous.

“I remember very well the day the ambulance came. He didn’t know how to go down the stairs to the car. The temperature also lasted a long time. Then the nausea, the vomiting, the intestinal problems began.

Since I had the virus for a long time, even 44 days, it was clear that there was no opportunity to investigate what was going on inside of me. And I justify it, because no one who is sick will accept other departments, ”said J. Ragauskaitė at the conference.

The producer did not shy away from sharing her experiences on social media at the time. She says she was under a lot of psychological pressure, but if today were March 12, the day the coronavirus test turned out positive, she would have behaved in exactly the same way.

“We just realized that a lot of people praised me for my bravery. If I had cancer, I wouldn’t give it to God, maybe I wouldn’t tell anyone. In this case, it is a pandemic, it is everyone’s business, we are dependent on each other, because the virus is transmitted by air droplets ”, Justina said about what she made the decision to speak about the disease.

It is true that the production company says it has received more than one critical message. People used to say that of course a woman in the hospital gets more attention and care. However, these comments did not receive much attention, they say that they are in exactly the same situation as other patients.

“I am sailing in the same boat. I have not seen cardiologists since June. I should go to them on December 9, but it is not clear either, “said J. Ragauskaitė.

Now he says he wants to get everyone’s attention, especially young people. According to Justina, it is impossible to ignore the virus, self-protection measures regardless of age.

“It was said that young people wait for the virus to pass and pass. I think I need to look at it a bit more broadly. Do not divide people into groups: young or old. Attention should be paid to the health system as the virus destroys it completely. And even a young person can suffer from heart disease, diabetes, have a very high risk, ”says J. Ragauskaitė.