A person with COVID-19 symptoms of dyspnea, no fever, and chest pain spells 'what they experienced and how they kept their fear away'



The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is on the rise, but due to medical pressure, there are some people who simply endure at home even if they are sick.

Joshua Weisberg, who had been suffering from the symptoms of 'no fever, chest pain, dyspnea' for nearly two weeks despite spending almost no going out, felt what he was feeling and attacked I am spelling out how I am fighting the coming fear.

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On April 4, 2020, Weisberg woke up on Saturday morning, his 39th birthday, feeling the pain of his chest. Immediately after waking up, Mr. Weisberg had difficulty in breathing one by one and had no fever, but 'It was strange breathing as if someone replaced his lungs with an old model during the night,' he said. After that, the dry coughing started and the pain in the lungs, so that Mr. Weisberg realized that he had the virus.

In Boulder County, Colorado, where Mr. Weisberg lives, there were 150 cases of new coronavirus infections reported at that time. For the past two weeks, Mr Weisberg had barely left home and spent his days walking, going to the grocery store, and running to get some takeaway food. Mr. Weisberg, who kept his hands clean and did not touch his face, learned that he had been infected by a virus, and he seemed to get angry at first.



Even after 3 days from the onset of symptoms, I couldn't feel chest pain. Due to the discomfort of breathing, Mr. Weisberg began to breathe briefly. When he got out of bed to go to the bathroom, his heart rate increased by 35% compared to when he was at rest, and he said he needed to repeat his breathing carefully to get back.

After that, when I heard that one of my friends had a conversation with a patient with COVID-19, I heard about the patient's symptoms and found that it was very similar to Mr. Weisberg's. Weisberg says the story of someone who is experiencing what they are going to do is a big help. In addition, he was told by a friend of the emergency room about the guidelines including when to go to the hospital, and he said that he should go to the hospital immediately if oxygen could not be taken in.

Mr. Weisberg goes to the hospital if he feels unwell during normal times, but he couldn't decide to go to the hospital for three days because he feared it would overload the medical system. Losing self-confidence in the face of weaknesses in one's body, society, and community, lack of experts to consult with behavioral guidelines, and to determine whether one's situation is bad enough to require a ventilator or not Because I couldn't.

But then, with the help of a friend, Mr. Weisberg is taken to the emergency room. The symptoms crossed the line without even realizing it.

When he arrived at the emergency room, Mr. Weisberg was full of regret for medical personnel. Mr. Weisberg, who was answering the question while gazing at his toes, as far as possible from the

triage nurse, was asked to approach to create an ID for the patient Turned away. When Mr. Weissberg raised his face, thinking that he broke some rules when the nurse told him to 'don't breathe' in a serious voice, he lifted his face and said that he was winking and laughing jokingly. At that moment, Mr. Weissberg says tears were flowing one after another.

The nurses then gathered Mr. Weisberg's information about blood oxygen levels, blood pressure, and medical history, and a doctor in a 'astronaut-like' suit evaluated the level of dyspnea and pain. “You did the right thing,” the doctor told Weisberg, “I don't need oxygen at this time, so I give an inhaler and cough medicine. If the symptoms persist and worsen in the afternoon, breathe. Please come soon before it gets terrible, and now you can go home. '



Mr. Weisberg returned home about 30 minutes after arriving, but he said that the most useful thing by going to the emergency room was that I was able to realize that I was supported I will. It is said that he felt the kindness of people at the hospital, rather than the loneliness, despair, and sadness of reading medical pressure articles at home.

The physical symptoms that Mr. Weisberg experienced were pain, pressure, tingling, palpitation, etc., but he seemed to continue to feel loneliness, helplessness, fear, etc. in his head. Weisberg cites the 'imaginary tiger story' as an example of fear. This is a story of a woman who was crazy about drawing a tiger in her head, and while sharply remembering sharp fangs and claws, her fear of the tiger made her heart beat faster and became frightened. It wasn't when the woman regained her composure that she thought “this tiger is imaginary” rather than thinking “it can never be eaten by a tiger”.



After learning from the tiger's example, Mr. Weisberg became aware of what he thought was 'a new type of coronavirus is more horrible than necessary' in his head, and tried not to have an image as much as possible. However, this attempt was counterproductive and led to a clearer imagination of the new coronavirus. Since this is one of the caligenic effects that 'I would rather want to do it if prohibited,' Weisberg changed the route. Paying attention to what his body feels, Mr. Weisberg realizes that the imagination of horror stops, and he begins to focus on what he feels.

Still, when fear didn't subside, Mr. Weissberg began to ask himself. Answer 'I don't know' to the question 'Do you need a ventilator?' And 'Why do you need to guarantee a ventilator?' 'Because the chances of survival will increase.' 'Is there a possibility that I will die if I lay down in the hospital with a respiratory system?'

In addition, when asked, 'What is unbearable for dying within a few days of my 39th birthday?', Weisberg said, 'I just noticed who I am, and I finally got out of the autopilot. I couldn't bear to finish driving, even though I started heading to my destination. ' Then, when asked, 'What have you learned about who you are?', 'Thank you for being able to breathe and fighting your body. I can thank my sister for sending soup and the nurse for sending a wink. I will show that I am a person who is kind to people and tell my family that I love myself. I was able to do it. Mr. Weissberg said, 'As long as you try to fight fear, your mind will be caught in fear.' First, it is important to have compassion for your mind and body.

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