Geriatrician's Advice: how to protect the elderly from coronavirus infection.
The situation with coronavirus in the Lipetsk region continues to be tense. Both adults and children are sick, but there are still many pensioners among the patients who ended up in hospital beds.
How vulnerable are older people? How to protect your grandparents? Advice of the chief freelance geriatrician of the regional health department.
The new coronavirus is dangerous for the elderly. It is more difficult for their body to fight infection, so it is important to recognize it in a timely manner and begin full-fledged treatment. Without it, the disease can progress rapidly.
Elderly people who have not been vaccinated are at great risk of ending up in a hospital bed with a severe course of coronavirus infection, which is dangerous with adverse outcomes. It is worth taking care of your protection by getting vaccinated. COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing the infection that caused the pandemic, and are recommended for everyone aged 18 years and older. Elderly people and those who live with them permanently or visit them often need to take preventive measures to protect themselves from COVID-19 infection.
As a rule, the most severe consequences of COVID-19 in those infected with a new variant of infection occur after the 9th-10th day of the disease. Coronavirus often resembles the flu or another respiratory infection. Moreover, the clinical picture differs in those who have been vaccinated or have been ill, and those who have not been ill and have not been vaccinated — the former tolerate the disease more easily.
All recommendations remain the same-a safe distance, a mask and vaccination is mandatory. It is hospitalization that will now be the main indicator of the danger of coronavirus infection.
I wish you all good health and prepared immunity!
Nadezhda Sergeevna Nosova,
chief freelance specialist geriatrician
health Department of the Lipetsk region