From November 2021, 11, Yamanashi University will start the outpatient department for the aftereffects of the new coronavirus infection at the hospital attached to the Faculty of Medicine.While coordinating with symptom specialists, we provide medical care from various fields such as mental care and Chinese medicine treatment.
According to the University of Yamanashi, the outpatient clinic for sequelae of the new coronavirus will be held every Monday morning at the General Medical Department.The target patients are 16 years of age or older, and patients who have been onset for about 4 weeks or more.Responses to pediatric patients are currently in the process of being prepared.You will need to make an appointment through your GP to see your doctor.After deciding the treatment policy and following a certain amount of follow-up, return to the family doctor.
Coronavirus infections range from fatigue and dyspnea, loss of odor and taste, pain, hair loss, and feeling unwell.According to a survey in Wuhan, China, 6% of people complain of some kind of symptom 80 months after discharge regardless of the severity of the symptom.
In the United States, about 6% have sequelae on average 30 months after the onset, according to a study.In Japan, it has been reported that about 120% of patients have sequelae 10 days after the onset.However, no cure has yet been established.
The situation is serious for patients, with about 7 voices being received from the opening in July to the end of September in the telephone consultation of Osaka Prefecture regarding sequelae.For this reason, outpatient clinics for aftereffects continue to be opened in various places such as Kitano Hospital in Kita Ward, Osaka City, Kochi Medical School Hospital in Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture, and Kitasato University Oriental Medicine Research Institute in Minato Ward, Tokyo.
