Calidad de vida en pacientes post covid-19 en la región Caribe
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2021
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Coronado Santana, Valeria
Fandiño Villarreal, Laura
Mena González, Lizeth
Cudriz Carmona, Andrea
Barrios Arrieta, Paola
Tapias Romero, Vanessa
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Ediciones Universidad Simón Bolívar
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
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Antecedentes: La covid 19 es una enfermedad infecciosa que causa dificultad
respiratoria y otra serie de sintomatología a corto, mediano y largo plazo, la situación
actual y la incertidumbre de la enfermedad puede generar consecuencias en la
calidad de vida, esto directamente relacionado a la percepción de algunos pacientes
luego de haber adquirido el virus debido a las secuelas que aún siguen presentando
y que de alguna manera u otra imposibilita la realización de las actividades de su
rutina diaria tal como lo hacían antes de haber contraído contagiado secuelas dentro
de las cuales destacan cómo más recurrentes las siguientes: como la astenia y
perdida del olfato o gusto, fatiga, disnea, dolor articular y dolor torácico (1) y en los
casos más graves presentan dificultad respiratoria aguda, problemas en los riñones
e insuficiencia cardiaca, daño hepático, shock e insuficiencia orgánica múltiple,
efectos cardiovasculares a largo plazo, micro trombosis y trombo embolismo venoso
e insuficiencia renal y síndrome post Covid.(2) Cabe mencionar que es un virus letal
y a tenido mayor incidencia de mortalidad en personas mayores de 50 años (3).
Además, se ha demostrado que la covid 19 no solo afecta la parte física si no
también la parte mental y social, a raíz de todo esto se han desplegado
innumerables investigaciones que pretenden entender y disminuir el curso de la
enfermedad (4)
Background: Covid 19 is an infectious disease that causes respiratory distress and another series of symptoms in the short, medium and long term, the current situation and the uncertainty of the disease can generate consequences in the quality of life, this directly related to the perception of some patients after having acquired the virus due to the sequelae that still continue to present and that in some way or another makes it impossible to carry out the activities of their daily routine as they did before having contracted the contagious sequelae, among which they stand out as the most recurrent the following: such as asthenia and loss of smell or taste, fatigue, dyspnea, joint pain and chest pain (1) and in the most severe cases present acute respiratory distress, kidney problems and heart failure, liver damage, shock and failure multiple organ, long-term cardiovascular effects, venous thrombosis and thrombus embolism and renal failure and post Covid syndrome. (2) It is worth mentioning that it is a lethal virus and has had a higher incidence of mortality in people over 50 years of age (3). In addition, it has been shown that covid 19 not only affects the physical part but also the mental and social part, as a result of all this, countless investigations have been deployed that seek to understand and reduce the course of the disease. (4)
Background: Covid 19 is an infectious disease that causes respiratory distress and another series of symptoms in the short, medium and long term, the current situation and the uncertainty of the disease can generate consequences in the quality of life, this directly related to the perception of some patients after having acquired the virus due to the sequelae that still continue to present and that in some way or another makes it impossible to carry out the activities of their daily routine as they did before having contracted the contagious sequelae, among which they stand out as the most recurrent the following: such as asthenia and loss of smell or taste, fatigue, dyspnea, joint pain and chest pain (1) and in the most severe cases present acute respiratory distress, kidney problems and heart failure, liver damage, shock and failure multiple organ, long-term cardiovascular effects, venous thrombosis and thrombus embolism and renal failure and post Covid syndrome. (2) It is worth mentioning that it is a lethal virus and has had a higher incidence of mortality in people over 50 years of age (3). In addition, it has been shown that covid 19 not only affects the physical part but also the mental and social part, as a result of all this, countless investigations have been deployed that seek to understand and reduce the course of the disease. (4)
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COVID-19, Calidad de vida, Dolor, Salud mental
