Pope suffers ‘acute’ breathing crises while fighting pneumonia: Vatican | News about religion
Medicinals at the Gemelli University Hospital manage ‘mechanical ventilation’ after Pontiff’s latest health backlog.
Pope Francis has suffered two fights of “acute” respiratory problems as he struggles to recover from a double pneumonia in the hospital, Vatican said.
Francis, admitted to the Gemelli University Hospital more than two weeks ago, suffered a “significant accumulation” of mucus in the lungs, which launched two episodes of “acute respiratory insufficiency on Monday,” Vatican said in a statement.
The Pope also suffered bronchospasm, similar to the attack of asthma, stating doctors to perform two bronchoscopies to evaluate their air passages, with “large excretions” of mucus removed during procedures.
To help breathing, he also demanded “non -invasive, mechanical ventilation,” says a statement that described his forecast as a “guarded”, which means he is not yet in danger.
The 88-year-old Pope remained awake, oriented and collaborated with medical staff throughout the intervention.
In an earlier update, the Vatican reported that it was worse and received therapies after sleeping “well all night”.
Long absence
Pope Francis, leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has suffered several injuries to poor health in the last two years and is prone to lung infections after suffering a pleuris as a young adult, a condition that led to a part of one lungs removed.
Double pneumonia is a serious infection in both lungs that can light and wiring them, making it difficult to breathe.
Earlier on Monday, he issued a new message from February 26 from a hospital that denied the “progressive irrelevance” of international organizations in the fight against war.
Francis’s absence from public life was the longest of 12-year-old papacy, without photographs or videos that the Vatican had released since he entered the hospital with a complex lung infection on February 14th.
However, he signed documents with “from Gemelli Clinic”, indicating that he was ready and worked during his absence.
His doctors did not say how long the treatment could last.
