A week later, she was transferred to intensive care before being placed in an induced coma on November 16. Mrs. Almeida claims they were about three days away from turning off her ventilator when her condition began to improve and she awoke on December 14. When she awoke, doctors at Lincoln County Hospital revealed that she had been given a substantial dose of viagra as part of an experimental treatment regimen she had agreed to before entering into a coma.
The erectile dysfunction treatment works by relaxing the walls of blood vessels, allowing more blood to circulate to all parts of the body. Mrs. Almeida claims it improved her condition in just a week and cut the amount of oxygen she needed in half by opening up her airways.
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“I had a little joke with the consultant after I came round because I knew him.”
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“He told me it was the Viagra, I laughed and thought he was joking, but he said 'no, really, you've had a large dose of Viagra. It was my little Christmas miracle,” she told the Sun.
The specialized respiratory nurse, who was born in Portugal and works for NHS Lincolnshire, was first diagnosed with the virus in October. On the fourth day, despite being double-jabbed, she had lost her taste and smell and was coughing up blood.
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She was discharged from the hospital after her oxygen levels decreased, but she was transported to Lincoln County Hospital shortly after because she couldn't breathe. Her condition deteriorated, and she was transferred to the ICU on November 16th, where she was placed in a medical coma. Because the nurse was so sick, her parents were urged to fly in from Portugal to say their final goodbyes.
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Doctors chose to utilize an uncommon medication that had previously been offered as a technique to treat Covid patients because it dilates blood vessels and opens the airways at the eleventh hour. She awoke on the 14th of December, just in time for Christmas, and was allowed to see her family on Christmas Eve. Tests are being conducted to explore if Viagra can be used to increase oxygen levels in the same manner as nitric oxide can.
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Currently, the medicine can only be administered to Covid patients in the United Kingdom if they agree to participate in an investigational drug trial. “It was unquestionably Viagra that saved my life. It opened up my airwaves and my lungs began to respond within 48 hours.” If you think about how the drug works, it expands your blood vessels,” she told the Mirror.
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Mrs. Almeida is now advising people to obtain the vaccine after recovering alongside her husband Artur and their two sons, ages nine and fourteen. She explained to the Lincolnite: “Here saying the vaccine has killed people. I’m not denying there are people who react and get poorly with the vaccine, but when we look at the number of deaths we have in unvaccinated people there is a big message there to have your jab.”
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