Doctor shows chest X-rays of 25-year-old who died from flu: The disease progressed in just 24 hours

Photo: Marko Jovanovic

A 25-year-old patient from Kragujevac passed away from seasonal flu on Sunday at the Kragujevac Clinical Center (KC).

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KC Director General Dr. Predrag Sazdanovic confirmed for the media that the patient had atypical symptoms compared to coronavirus.

"It's influenza A, seasonal flu. He had heart lung weakness. He was feeling unwell for 10 days, on Saturday we insisted that he be hospitalized, to which he agreed in the afternoon. He was transferred to the coronary unit and unfortunately passed away," director Sazdanovic told the media.

Surgeon Vladimir Djordjevic from Kragujevac published a photo of the deceased patient's lungs on Twitter to show the difference one day made, in order to alert to the dangers of the flu virus and urge citizens not to self-medicate "with brandy and garlic."

Although autopsy results are yet to confirm that the death was caused by a common flu virus, the patient's lungs look the same as those of people who died from coronavirus - this doctor claims.

"There's nothing to explain, I can't be giving a medical lecture here. The difference is so striking, that's why I posted it as a postcard especially for those curing themselves with brandy and garlic," Dr. Djordjevic said on Twitter, admitting that he may have made a mistake by posting such a thing, but that it was done evidently for smart and justified reasons.

As he said, the image in flu and coronavirus victims is the same.

"This is a young man (25) who died on Sunday in Kragujevac, reportedly from common flu. The purpose of the tweet is to indicate why they (patients) are on ventilators. A blind man could see the difference, you don't need to be a doctor. Same patient, one day apart," he added.

Dr. Predrag Sazdanovic also said that "the patient was born in 1995 and who had been driving to Slovenia for a period of time to collect auto parts." Sazdanovic pointed out that the Torlak Institute confirmed the patient had seasonal flu, Influenza A, and that an autopsy would now be performed.

(Telegraf.rs)