A doctor who has been diagnosed with coronavirus has given an insight into the disease’s daily symptoms on social media.
Dr. Yale Tung Chen, 35, from Spain, who caught the infection while he was treating patients at Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid, has been sharing his experiences battling the illness with the pubic.
The emergency physician has been sharing ultrasound scans of his lungs and listing his daily symptoms in an attempt to give the world a glimpse of how the illness takes over the body.
Taking to Twitter the doctor wrote: ‘Day 1 after #COVID diagnosis. Sore throat, headache (strong!), Dry cough but not shortness of breath. No lung US abnormalities. Will keep a #POCUS track of my lungs. #coronavirus @TomasVillen @ButterflyNetInc.’
Dr. Yale Tung Chen, 35, from Madrid, Spain, has been sharing his experiences with the coronavirus with the general public
The doctor, who caught the infection while he was treating patients at Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid, has been sharing ultrasound scans of his lungs
The doctor, who has been documenting his body pains as he remains in quarantine at his home, described how he has been keeping track of his lungs and how the shortness of breath he first felt had now gone.
He continued: ‘Day 2 after #COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough & headache (thank God!), still no shortness of breath or pleuritic chest pain. #POCUS update: small bilateral pleural effusion, thickened pleural line & basal b-lines (plaps). #coronavirus @TomasVillen @ButterflyNetInc.’
He added: ‘Day 3 after #COVID diagnosis. No sore throat/headache. Yesterday was cough day, still no shortness of breath/chest pain.
‘Diarrhea started, lucky cough got better. #POCUS update: similar effusion, seems less thickened pleural line + no b-lines (PLAPS). #mycoviddiary.’
The doctor’s daily diary, which has now gathered more than 68,000 views on social media, has been met with an array of positive messages from well-wishers.
One said: ‘I’m so happy about your lungs. Hang in there.’
While another commented: ‘So glad to see good news. Continuing to pray for your speedy and uncomplicated recovery!’
The doctor has been taking to Twitter to share his daily symptoms and scans with followers
Another person added: ‘Hey, hope you are doing well my friend.’
Speaking about the overwhelming positive response the doctor told NBC News: ‘It meant the whole world to me to receive support from people all around the world.’
The doctor’s online diary comes after President Donald Trump announced a 30-day travel restriction to start this Friday in a bid to slow down the progression of the coronavirus.
The American leader, who spoke hours after world health officials declared the coronavirus a pandemic, said he would be enforcing a ban to help counter the virus in a speech from the Oval Office to the nation.
It comes after the number of reported cases of coronavirus in the U.S. rose to 1,315 and the number of deaths hit 38 as of Thursday morning, with some 366 of those cases and 29 deaths reported in the Washington state.
With around 4,600 people having died so far worldwide, many U.S. states have been limiting travel and putting in place ‘social distancing measures’ to limit contact between people.
Meanwhile in Britain the number of cases rose to 456, with 83 more patients having been hit with the deadly infection.
After sharing his experiences with the public, social media users have been rushing to the platform to offer their support
Recent statistics revealed 387 cases had been located in England, 36 in patients in Scotland, 16 in Northern Ireland and 15 in Wales.
The virus, which initially saw millions of residents and tourists in China put on lock down to contain the spread, has now been transmitted between humans in 30 countries across Europe, including Spain, Germany and France, according to the World Health Organization.
In Italy, the infection has seen more than 10,000 affected and resulted in 631 deaths, with the country now placing 60 million in an unprecedented lockdown to contain the escalating outbreak.
Meanwhile in China, which is home to 1.4billion people, the number of cases have risen to 80,969, with the number of confirmed fatalities hitting 3,158.