A 30-year-old healthy model has revealed how she felt after contracting COVID-19.
Intan Clement from Paris struggled to breathe and couldn’t stop coughing before she was diagnosed with COVID-19.
She said she didn’t take the virus seriously because she doesn’t smoke and was quite healthy.
However, her health deteriorated and she could not stop sweating because of her cough and her lungs made a strange noise while she inhaled and exhaled.
The 30-year-old told Yahoo News Australia that her partner fell ill first and they thought it was just normal flu because he had no other coronavirus symptoms.
But, after her partner, Intan also became ill and her condition became worse day by day.
Intan told that she was traveling with her friends when she became ill. She struggled to breathe and her body got tired while skiing.
After coming back from the trip, her health deteriorated.
She said: “Then when we got home I began to cough a bit crazy – mental. I experienced more trouble breathing and couldn’t breathe properly without coughing.”
After she noticed her lungs making a strange noise while she inhaled and exhaled, she decided to call emergency services.
She had a video appointment with the doctor who told her she had the flu and advised her to take paracetamol.
Intan said: “That was useless, ‘Oh, maybe you have the flu, you can have paracetamol’.”
When nothing worked, she booked a face-to-face appointment and was then tested positive for COVID-19.
Ever since she has been living in the hospital in isolation.
Intan has now warned people, especially youngsters, not to take the virus as a joke as she did.
She said she didn’t take the virus seriously and contracted the virus while she was on a trip.
Intan shared her horrific experience with hopes to raise awareness about the deadly virus.
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