After the patient is discharged, that wound gradually closes, heals by swelling and causes a narrowing in the middle. This narrowing makes it difficult for patients to breathe afterwards. Some of these patients attribute their shortness of breath to this because they are already Covid.
Requires Intervention
However, when the tests show that their lungs are fine, they come to us and we intervene when there is a stenosis at the entrance of the trachea. Sometimes we open the narrowed area with endoscopic surgeries through the mouth by expanding the narrowed area with a balloon or by burning it with laser and similar tools.
Sometimes, if endoscopic methods from inside the mouth do not work, we remove the defective part and repair the remaining part by open surgery by sewing the remaining part end to end.”
TREATMENT POSSIBLE IF DETECTED EARLY
Stating that some patients cannot walk after this narrowing and cannot even go to the grocery store, Enver said, “Some are out of breath even when they go to the toilet. If it is not detected and treated in time, sometimes we have to drill holes. It affects the quality of life of patients very much.
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During the Covid period, the number of people staying in intensive care inevitably increased. Most of the patients stayed in intensive care due to Covid, but we also saw patients who were intubated due to other diseases and stayed in intensive care. It is an important problem, but when we detect and treat it early, the quality of life of patients increases.”
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Pointing out that there are two ways for patients to understand that there is a narrowing in the trachea, Enver said the following: “In the early stages, patients can understand that there is a problem if they feel that they are breathing harder than they normally feel, that they cannot fill the breath they take into their lungs, or if they feel as if the cough is stuck on something inside while coughing.
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Especially if there is a history of being in intensive care, if there are such problems although the films and tests related to the lungs are normal, it is necessary to investigate whether there is a stenosis in the trachea. Secondly, in more severe diseases, that is, when it starts to narrow, there is a singing sound in the throat while breathing in and out. As patients breathe in and out, a whistle-like sound is produced because they pass through a narrow place. The presence of that sound also shows us that there is a stenosis in that area. If patients have one of these 2 problems, they should see an ear, nose and throat physician working in this field.”
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“YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE UP HALF OF THE PATIENTS”
Stating that they started to encounter these cases very frequently after Covid, Enver continued as follows: “For this reason, vaccination is very important in order not to get Covid, or at least not to have a severe case and end up in intensive care. Although it does not happen to every person in intensive care, it becomes a very important problem when it does. Being overweight, hypertension, having other heart diseases are among the causes other than Covid, but it is important to be vaccinated and overcome it in a way that does not require intensive care or hospitalization. These are things that have happened to us in the fight against Covid. These are the effects of trying to prevent people from losing their lives. It is not possible to understand this during the procedure or to predict which patients it might happen in. We have seen these cases frequently in our young patients who have entered the intensive care unit, almost half of them are young people. Patients say that sometimes they cannot even climb stairs, they cannot go to work, there are even patients who postponed their child’s wedding because of this. It affects life so negatively, but when it is detected, we can easily treat it.”
