Doctor speaks on lingering effects of Covid-19

Doctor speaks on lingering effects of Covid-19

19 PATIENTS MAY EXPERIENCEHEALTH CONSEQUENCESEVEN AFTER THEY'VE RECOVEREDFROM THE VIRUS.23ABC'S DANIELA GARRIDO SPOKEWITH THE CENTRE OF NEURO SKILLSON WHAT THEY'VE SEEN LOCALLY.GOODMORNING,IMAGINE RECOVERING FROM A VIRUSSUCH AS COVID-19ONLY TO REALIZE YOU ARE LEFTWITH UNDERLYING HEALTHCONDITIONS THAT YOU NOW NEED TOADDRESS.ACCORDING TO A LOCALREHABILITATION CENTER THEY'RESEEING RECOVERED PATIENTS COMETO THEM AFTERRECOVERY.THE CENTER FOR NEURO SKILLS INBAKERSFIELD HAS SEEN A NUMBEROF RECOVERED COVID-19 PATIENTSSINCE THE START OF THEPANDEMIC."BECAUSE THE EMPHASIS DURINGHOSPITALIZATION IS ON SAVINGLIVES WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THATAT TIMES THESE OTHERTYPES OF INJURIES LIKE A BRAININJURY, SUBTLECOGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS,SWALLOWING PROBLEMS, ORSPEECH PROBLEMS AREN'T BEINGIDENTIFIED UNTIL A MORETHOROUGH EVALUATION LOOKING TOADDRESS THESEISSUES IS TAKEN"THE CENTER FOCUSES ON HELPINGPATIENTS RECOVER FROMPOST-TRAUMATIC INJURY IN ORDERTO HELP THEM GET BACK TO LIVINGTHEIR LIFE AS NORMAL ASPOSSIBLE."WE ARE SEEING THESE PATIENTSSTARTING TO COME THROUGHON THE TAILEND OF THEIRHOSPITALIZATION AND THEIRRECOVERY AND THIS SUBSET OFPEOPLE IS JUST ANOTHER GROUPWE ARE GLAD TO HELP"THE AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE ANDHEARINGASSOCIATION REPORTED IN JULYTHAT COVID-19 PATIENTS WHOHAVE SPENT TIME ON A VENTILATORMAY EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIONCHALLENGES, SWALLOWINGDISORDERS, AND COGNITIVEPROBLEMS EVEN AFTER RECOVERINGFROM THE VIRUS."SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE COVIDSUFFER A NEUROLOGICALINJURY AS A RESULT AND THEY CANHAVE SPEECH PROBLEMS THATREQUIRES THERAPY OR IF THEY HAVEHAD PROLONGED ICUCOURSES OR INTUBATION THAT CANCAUSE MECHANICALPROBLEMS IN THEIR AIRWAYS"ACCORDING TO DOCTOR MATT ASHLEY,THERE IS NO SET TIME ON AVENTILATOR THAT WOULD CAUSE ORPREVENT THESE POST-TRAUMATICINJURIES FROM HAPPENING."THERES A SUBSET OF PEOPLE THATARE EXPERIENCINGOTHER PROBLEMS THAT ARE RELATEDTO COVID SUCH ASSTROKE, RESPIRATORY FAILURE,CARDIO-PULMONARYARREST, CAN SUFFER INJURY TO THEBRAIN FROM A LACK OF BLOODFLOW AND THAT IS CALLED HYPOXICOR ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY..

THOSECALL ALL REQUIRE SPEECH THERAPY"THE CENTER IS HELPING RECOVEREDCOVID-19PATIENTS DETERMINEINDIVIDUALIZED THERAPIES SOTHEY CAN FULLY RE-ENTER TO WORKAND SOCIETY.THIS WEEK -- GOVERNOR GAVINNEWSOM ISSUED NEW GUIDELINES TOHELP CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDSGO BACK TO THECLASSROOM.THIS WEEK -- GOVERNOR GAVINNEWSOM ISSUED NEW GUIDELINES TOHELP CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDSGO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.STUDENTS LIKE 11 YEAR OLD LILAMATHEW ARE STRUGGLING WITHDISTANCE LEARNING.LILA IS A QUADRIPLEGIC WITHCEREBRAL PALSY AND DYSTONIA --AND HER MOM SARAH SMART SAYSLEARNING AT HOME IS NEARLYIMPOSSIBLE FOR HER DAUGHTER.