长期的COVID:爱丽丝·埃文斯,牛病,以及对慢性疾病传染病因的思考
1College of Public Health, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
概括
新的病原体导致长期损伤,使患者被忽视并寻求答案. 与爱丽丝·C·埃文斯 (Alice C. Evans) 的历史相似之处凸显出需要更好地诊断和验证慢性感染症状.
科学领域:
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 慢性疾病研究 慢性疾病研究
- 医学史 医学史 医学史
背景情况:
- 尽管进行了广泛的研究,但导致长期损伤的新病原体仍然不太了解.
- 患有慢性疾病的患者经常面临不信任,资源不足和诊断延迟.
- 对于那些患有持续性,无法解释的疾病的人所面临的挑战,存在历史上的先例.
研究的目的:
- 检查诊断和治疗导致长期损伤的新传染病所面临的挑战.
- 将当代患者的经验与历史上的慢性疾病病例进行比较.
- 强调验证患者报告的症状和改进诊断工具的重要性.
主要方法:
- 爱丽丝·C·埃文斯 (Alice C. Evans) 对布鲁塞拉美利坦尼斯 (Brucella melitensis) 的经验的历史案例研究分析.
- 对患者与新病原体的经验和历史记录进行比较分析.
- 关于传染病研究和慢性疾病诊断历史的文献综述.
主要成果:
- 爱丽丝·C·埃文斯 (Alice C. Evans) 患了20多年的慢性疾病,面临着同龄人和医疗专业人员的怀疑.
- 她的经历凸显了持续性,未被诊断的感染患者被解雇的经常性模式.
- 需要改进诊断方法和对患者报告的症状进行更大的验证.
结论:
- 了解像爱丽丝·C·埃文斯这样的历史案例对于应对长期COVID和类似情况的当前挑战至关重要.
- 科学和医学界必须优先考虑患者报告的症状,并投资于强大的诊断能力.
- 无法验证慢性感染经验,使患者的痛苦延续,并阻碍了医学进步.
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