Posted on 03/01/2020 8:45:49 AM PST by hapnHal
Tiger Ye, 21, lives in Wuhan and started showing symptoms in mid-January. Here he tells the story of his illness and recovery
Tiger Ye in Wuhan
Sat 29 Feb 2020 00.00 ESTOn 17 January my muscles became sore all over. I may have had a slight fever, but it wasn’t strong enough to notice. Looking back, it is a little scary, because my house and the language school where I study Japanese are within a 5km radius of the Wuhan seafood market (where the virus is believed to have originated).To treat my muscle soreness, I took some cold tablets because I thought it was a normal cold. Now that I think of it, I might have missed the best time for treatment, failing to contain the virus with antiviral rugs in its early stages.
I have no idea how I got the virus. I always eat at the same Hong Kong-style restaurant below my school. I wasn’t walking around much at the time because it was very cold, and since I was tired after classes I always went back home. Once the semester break started, I stayed with my parents and not at the dormitory. I started wearing a mask a few days later when I saw everyone else around me wearing masks.
Sickness and self-isolation
By 21 January my body was still aching all over, so I called my dad. He sensed something was wrong with me and urged me to go home immediately. That evening I took my body temperature which showed a mild fever. My mom said that if my temperature still didn’t drop later that night, we would go to the hospital. At 11pm that night, the fever hadn’t gone away, so I went to Tongji hospital.
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Coronavirus victim tells his story. A good read.
Didn’t click on the link...after all,it’s The Guardian. All I want to know is...at what point in this piece did The Guardian blame Trump?
He wonders how he got coronavirus. One thing he did different from routine was to buy a mask. Possibly he got the virus from already-infected people buying theirs, too.
The story was well told and worth a read. Immediately after the story..., the Guardian begged for funds to combat what evil the "Orange Man" has wrought!
George Soros made his fortune by frightening people.
What amaze me was his age. He was 21 and still needed hospital bed to recover.
Nice Catch.
[[my muscles became sore all over.]]
Was watching fox’s ‘health experts’ discuss the coronovirus and they said what sets it apart from regular flu was that it didn’t cause muscle soreness
So what’s the truth?
I’ve read two other stories, both saying it was like a moderately bad cold and no hospitalization or special treatment was needed. So obviously it depends, as does most every disease I guess. Good to know both sides.
“The story was well told and worth a read. Immediately after the story..., the Guardian begged for funds to combat what evil the “Orange Man” has wrought!”
I saw that. Truly disgusting!
I had thought that antiviral drugs had not been shown to be effective (?).
Not sure China (ex Hong Kong) has a very well developed public health or hospital care system.
I'd think that selling live, wild animals in food markets has been prohibited in most developed nations since at least the 19th Century. (For reasons that were probably empirically determined by the 19th Century.)
I agree that being treated for a potentially fatal viral illness in China is probably pretty close to Hell.
Urban health care in China is very good, except the quality of the doctors is spotty as buying your way through medical school is common.
“I had thought that antiviral drugs had not been shown to be effective”
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As a cure they’re ineffective, but I believe they can help in managing the virus as it runs it course. Just as in early stages I imagine some OTC medications can help with early symptoms.
“I agree that being treated for a potentially fatal viral illness in China is probably pretty close to Hell.”
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Even in tip-top shape, just being in China (virus-plagued or otherwise) is close enough to Hell in my book.
He visited two hospitals.
He recovered in quarantine at home with the help of his family. He details those efforts well and how his family handled food utensils.
I guess he got IV therapy at home... ?
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Interesting, that site actually keeps track of how many times you click on it.......
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