Dermatologist from Kalmykia Genghis Ungarsynov undergoing severe COVID-19, said, "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" about the first symptoms of the disease.
According to the physician, he was head of the Observatory, where the coronavirus has infected a nurse. Five days after it became known about its illness, the doctor lost the sense of smell and taste.
"for Example, I took the shampoo and did not feel like it even did not feel the smell of bread, butter, any food. Taste sensation, too, was not," he said.
After this Ungarsynov isolated themselves in the Observatory and passed the swab showed a positive result.
In addition, the first x-ray showed unilateral focal pneumonia, and re – sided. On the cat scan revealed that 45 percent of the lung tissue affected.
The doctor noted that the photographs were viewed effects "frosted glass" and "cobblestones" who have evidence of severe disease.
The following week he was in critical condition and was connected to a ventilator.
"the Temperature of 39.9, and constant, and does not break. It was very hard. Whole body ached, bones ached. It feels like the inside is just gut-wrenching," recalls Ungarsynov.
A month later another test showed a negative result, but the doctor remained in the hospital to cure pneumonia.
For the entire period of the epidemic COVID-19 in Russia revealed 209688 infections, 34306 recovered, 1915 died.
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