Le traitement à l’hydroxychloroquine peut également fonctionner pour les personnes âgées
L’un des plus grands problèmes auxquels le monde occidental est confronté est de savoir comment il traite les personnes âgées. Et cela est devenu d’une importance capitale en ces temps de pandémie, les personnes âgées étant beaucoup plus à risque de mourir du COVID-19 que la population plus jeune.
La vulnérabilité des personnes âgées au COVID-19 est particulièrement un problème dans les maisons de soins infirmiers, les résidences pour personnes âgées, qui sont dans de nombreux cas de véritables foyers de la maladie.
Au cours des dernières semaines, il y a déjà eu trop d’histoires d’horreur, avec des résidences pour personnes âgées avec un grand nombre de morts. Cela est dû en partie au fait que les résidents malades ne sont pas soignés pour la maladie, ou ils sont simplement abandonnés, parce que le personnel soignant et autre ne veut plus entrer dans les locaux.
Il y a aussi des développements positifs. Il y a maintenant nombre de cas rapportés dans les médias de personnes âgées, y compris des centenaires, se remettant du COVID-19. Et ces cas semblent être largement liés aux traitements à base d’hydroxychloroquine.
Les détracteurs de cette thérapie simple et bon marché à 20 $ diront que tout cela est anecdotique, et peut-être même qu’il était dangereux d’administrer la thérapie à des patients aussi vulnérables. Il semble toutefois que des vies ont bien été sauvées, et c’est ce qui compte.
Il y a des leçons immédiates à tirer. Avec un traitement précoce à base d’hydroxychloroquine, les taux de mortalité des personnes âgées, y compris dans les résidences de soins infirmiers, pourraient probablement être considérablement réduits.
Et heureusement, un tel traitement peut facilement être déployé et ne nécessite pas d’hospitalisation s’il est administré tôt, comme il se doit. Un tel traitement serait non seulement bénéfique pour les résidents, mais aussi pour le personnel, très exposé et souvent déjà atteint de la maladie.
Voici quelques témoignages, classés par âge décroissant, trouvés en ligne dans des articles de journaux et de magazines. Il y a un certain nombre de témoignages de ce type, nous avons donc couvert ici la tranche d’âge 88 à 104.
Ces témoignages sont en anglais, et portent sur les Etats-Unis.
Photo: Le Dr Ananda Prasad qui s’est auto-prescrit une thérapie au zinc par hydroxychloroquine.
Voir aussi notre article antérieur:
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Oregon veteran celebrates coronavirus recovery on 104th birthday
His family says that doctors tried a couple of things – including using hydroxychloroquine – a drug used to treat malaria. Now, they say he has made a ‘wonderful recovery’ and continues to get better every day.
https://katu.com/news/coronavirus/oregon-veteran-celebrates-coronavirus-recovery-on-104th-birthday
102
Coronavirus Update: 102-Year-Old Woman Defies Odds To Beat COVID-19, Doctor Calls Recovery ‘Miraculous’
Dr. Taimur Mirza oversaw Avouris’ care and says her prognosis initially was not good.
“Her course in the beginning, it was a little bit rough. For a while there, she required some oxygen, then we started her on the combination of the hydroxychloroquine and the azithromycin,” Mirza said.
99
Evelyn Rand is now four weeks into her coronavirus diagnosis. Doctors have told the family she’s doing outstanding, which brings hope for a full recovery.
“We did ask for them to exercise the Right to Try Act based on what had been used in other countries,” said McConnell. “In this case, it was Hydroxychloroquine. So she was started on a five-day dose of mono-therapy.”
97
She’s 97 with diabetes, heart disease and more. Coronavirus should have taken her. Instead, ‘she’s a miracle.’
Perl said she was treated with hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, and azithromycin, an antibiotic often referred to as a Z-Pak. She never needed a ventilator, but stayed on oxygen, which she was using anyway for a heart condition.
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Dr. Marc Siegel opens up about his father, 96, and his use of hydroxychloroquine
Siegel said that his father’s cardiologist prescribed hydroxychloroquine and antibiotics and the combination proved effective.
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Batavia, N.Y. – Norma Longrod is recovering from the coronavirus – and at the age of 94, she may be one of the oldest patients in Western New York to do so.
“We also did treat her with hydroxychloroquine, which is a medicine out there we’ve talked about in the press,” he continued. “Somehow, she was able to stay strong enough and pull through this.”
https://13wham.com/news/coronavirus/orleans-county-woman-94-recovering-from-coronavirus
92
After designing his own treatment plan, a 92-year-old Wayne State University research doctor says he and his wife, also 92, are among the Michigan residents who appear to have beaten COVID-19.
Prasad, a medical doctor who spent his career researching the mineral zinc, said he and his wife used the same treatment of zinc and hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug that is being studied as a treatment for the coronavirus. Prasad said he was taking zinc as a supplement before he began having symptoms of the virus at the end of March.
90
Sartori, 60, remained alone with his 90-year-old mother in Castana di Pradello, a village in Emilia Romagna, Italy where there are more cows and sheep than people … “Luckily, Dr. Cavanna came to our place one day. When I saw him walk in, I felt reborn.”
Except in rare cases, he uses hydroxychloroquine on its own. Although the drug hasn’t been tested for the coronavirus, he says it is the “most effective treatment for now.”
https://time.com/5816874/italy-coronavirus-patients-treating-home/
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A 90-year-old woman from Long Island, New York, has miraculously recovered from coronavirus — and she wants to offer hope to everyone else feeling afraid amid the pandemic.
With not much left to offer Fortunato in terms of treatment options, doctors turned to the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, according to the AP.
88 (& 90)
Elderly Orange County couple recovers from coronavirus, swears by hydroxychloroquine
Dr. Daniel Amen, their youngest son, stepped in … He wrote out two prescriptions for two drugs: hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. His parents started taking the drugs before the ambulances came. They continued their doses while in Hoag Hospital. They received no other medicine.
