Stating that a new chronic disease emerged as the pandemic ended, Chest Diseases Specialist Prof. Dr. Şevket Özkaya said, “After the pandemic, beyond just mechanically shortness of breath, we see that people can’t remember some words we call ‘brain fog’, forgetfulness, irritability, inability to finish what they started, difficulty in concentration and some sleep disorders.
Chest Diseases Specialist Prof., who looked after thousands of patients during the coronavirus period. Dr. Şevket Özkaya said that during the period they called ‘post Covid’, two important problems emerged in patients. Talking about the problems that occur in people who have corona, Prof. Dr. Özkaya said, “We said we could end the pandemic this summer. Thanks to the sensitivity of our people, we are almost at the end. We no longer see patients with severe lung involvement in outpatient clinics. Corona now persists among people like the normal flu virus. Since those waves of cases in the past are over, we have come to be careful in case of an emergency. Looking back, we understood better what kind of war we were in. After the end of this wave of cases, we focused on people who survived Covid. We are evaluating the period we call ‘Post Covid’. We see that there are two serious problems in patients. Post-pandemic stress disorder emerged. People still have a fear that something will happen inside them. There is a fear that they will get bad news and something bad will happen to them. There is chronic fatigue. There are both psychological and mechanical effects. People’s hands and arms especially do not lift. In addition, a state of forgetfulness that we call ‘brain fog’ emerged. In particular, some chronic problems emerged, such as not being able to remember the outside world and not perceiving much. After the pandemic, how we have chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma and COPD in the society, we have a new chronic disease with the pandemic,” he said.
“A SERIOUS STRESS APPEARED IN PEOPLE”
Stating that the problems that occur after Post Covid cause serious loss of work power in people, Özkaya said, “After the pandemic, beyond just mechanically shortness of breath, people can’t remember some words that we call brain fog, forgetfulness, irritability, inability to finish the work they started, difficulty in concentration and some sleep disorders. We see problems arise. As people began to live with these problems, this time their stress began to increase. There is a stress that we call post-pandemic stress disorder, not only because of the disease but also because the loss of cognitive functions seriously affects the life of the person. This causes serious loss of workforce. “People can’t concentrate on their daily activities,” he said.