Despite the number of Covid-19 cases in SA increasing by thousands on a daily basis and more families losing loved ones, there are those who have won their battles against Covid-19. Durban woman, Bethany Thomas-Wessels is one of them.
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"I got to the hospital not knowing my blood oxygen levels were below normal from this but I had severe chest pain, breathlessness and hand tremors. Silent hypoxia is dangerous in that a person doesn't have outward glaring signs of gasping for air or panting for days or weeks and by the time they become critical, the virus has already slowly deprived the body of oxygen and damaged the lung tissue and nerves," she said.
She said her doctor advised her to get a test because her symptoms were unusual yet similar to other unusual positive cases that he had encountered.
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