Doctors say a crisis within a crisis is brewing as the sick stay home.
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With an immunocompromised wife at home, Phenix, 62, waited five days after symptoms emerged before seeking treatment for what turned out to be appendicitis. By the time he received medical care, his appendix had ruptured and an infection had set in.Weeks on, lingering stomach discomfort and an ongoing antibiotic regimen stand as a reminder of what should have been a simple surgical procedure if he had not hesitated to go to the hospital immediately.
“What we’re seeing is people staying at home and hoping they get better instead of seeking treatment – and they’re dying,” said Dr. Eric Snyder, the medical director at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in California. Women are tested for COVID-19 by members of the Los Angeles Fire Department wearing personal protective equipment in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles during the coronavirus pandemic, April 21, 2020.
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