After Recovering From COVID-19, Don’t Ignore the PTSD Symptoms – The Wire Science
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It was 7 in the evening. I had taken my niece out for a stroll when I received a call from Prema (name changed), the staff nurse at our hospital. With a sense of urgency, she exclaimed, “Sir, there is a 40 year old man who is shaking vigorously. He seems distressed and anxious. You are urgently needed in the emergency room.”
I rushed back to the hospital to attend to Mahesh, a businessman from Bangalore who had now relocated to Hubli, amidst the lockdown. This was the first time Mahesh was visiting a psychiatric hospital. No one in his family had any history of mental illness. He had been accompanied by a bevy of anxious family members. During detailed clinical examination, he remarked:
“Doc, the nightmares just won’t stop. I wake up e...
