Bhopal: Physiotherapy helps in speedy recovery, say Covid patients

Bhopal: Physiotherapy helps in speedy recovery, say Covid patients

Physiotherapy displaces mucous through compression or vibration. It gets pushed into the throat and one can spit it out. Once mucous is out, it improves oxygen saturation level.

SmitaUpdated: Friday, May 28, 2021, 05:29 PM IST
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Besides medication, oxygen support and critical care, physiotherapy is also helping in speedy recovery of Covid-19 patients |

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Besides medication, oxygen support and critical care, physiotherapy is also helping in speedy recovery of Covid-19 patients in the city.

Though one would not normally associate physiotherapists with the treatment of a contagious disease like Covid-19, which primarily affects the pulmonary system; several patients who have recovered from the deadly disease say that physiotherapy helped them feel better while in the hospital, besides cutting down their stay in the ICUs and general and private wards.

Free Press talked to a few such patients who have been discharged from hospitals recently or are still in hospitals.

Sangeeta Gupta

Sangeeta Gupta |

Sangeeta Gupta, 38

Feeling fine

“I contracted Covid-19 about 12-13 days after my husband succumbed to the disease. My lungs were 35% infected and the oxygen level had dipped to around 86. I was admitted to a hospital after I fell unconscious twice. My father, brother and his wife were also admitted in the same hospital. My 62-year-old father is a heart patient and also diabetic. We all have recovered from the disease. Of course, the medicines did their work but I feel that physiotherapy contributed majorly to our recovery. We were given physiotherapy. I am fine now and will be discharged soon.”

Pranjala Saxena

Pranjala Saxena |

Pranjala Saxena, 23

Quick recovery

“I am a fourth-year MBBS student in Russia. My mother, my mamaji and I were down with Covid. My condition was serious with 70% of lung infection. My mother had mild pneumonia. After my stay at the hospital, I feel that it is very hard to get out of the ICU. I was given Remdesivit and Tocilizumab injections. I had to spend six days in the ICU. I am likely to be discharged in a day or two. Physiotherapy and lung and spirometric exercises helped a lot in my quick recovery.”

Pooja Shivhare

Pooja Shivhare |

Pooja Shivhare, 31

Big relief

“I returned home on Thursday from a hospital after spending eight days there. Four members of my family, including my husband, were infected. Our oxygen saturation levels had dropped to 85-86 and 45% of our lungs were infected. We were given physiotherapy for half-an-hour each in mornings and evenings at the hospital. It was a big relief. The physiotherapist helped push out the phlegm trapped in the lungs using pressure points on the chest. Besides, we were given nebulizers, which we used every two hours.”

Ganpati

Ganpati |

Ganpati, 70

Discharged fast

“I developed Covid-like symptoms on April 27. I had high temperature and headache. On May 5, I was admitted to a hospital. My CT score was 3/25. I was not in ICU. I was in a private ward and was given oxygen support with the help of a concentrator. Physiotherapy gave me relief. It helped me relax. Despite my age, I got better quickly and was discharged in nine days.”

Dr Tarun Solanki

Dr Tarun Solanki |

Dr Tarun Solanki , Apple Children’s Hospital, Ayodhya Bypass, Bhopal

Excellent results

“I am a paediatrician. During my stint at ICU for children at Sir Gangaram Hospital in Delhi, I experienced chest physiotherapy worked very well in case of kids suffering from pneumonia. What happens is that mucous gets deposited in the lungs of such patients. Physiotherapy displaces mucous through compression or vibration. It gets pushed into the throat and one can spit it out. Once mucous is out, it improves oxygen saturation level. The patient feels better.

When I started treating Covid-19 patients, I wondered why this technique can’t be used on adults. I did that with excellent results. Chest physiotherapy excellently complements the medicines and oxygen support, pushing improvement from 40%-50% to 70%-80%. We also ask our patients to do lung exercises using spirometer. These exercises are like the anulom-vilom. Physiotherapy and lung exercises curtail hospital stay of patients. The longer a patient stays in hospital, the more stress it causes to him or her.”

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