General practitioner by profession Jimmy Mohamed continues his consultations in addition to being a columnist in Do not touch My TV. Live on C8 every night in Like Baba, he gives news of the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic, researches to fight against the virus and working conditions of his nursing colleagues. After having lashed out at the state and the lack of protective equipment for the medical world, it reveals an unknown symptom of the disease.
As a user tries to understand “How do people die from coronavirus?” Tuesday, March 31, Jimmy Mohamed begins by recognizing: "It is true that this is a difficult question". He goes on to recall that “The coronavirus affects the lungs, essentially, death occurs after respiratory distress. It seems like there is only one organ that is failing, it is the lungs ”. He explains that it is due to cardiac arrest due to lack of oxygen that patients die. Baba’s columnist reveals that discoveries on the Covid-19 continue to evolve on a daily basis. Among them, the hypothesis that the virus could be revealed through … "a rash", understand: pimples, redness and other small red spots on the skin.
Unusual questions
Jimmy Mohamed was also entitled to more unusual questions including that on “Nose hairs”. Are they really anti-microbes during an epidemic? Should we keep them or get rid of them? A question which did not fail to make some columnists laugh, but which the doctor took very seriously like Cyril Hanouna. “It’s true that nose hair is a filter ”, he specifies. Yes “The nose is a humidifier (…) and is a protector against dust, pollens”, the role of “Nose hair is zero”, he says. Faced with all the rumors inviting men to shave their beards or even their heads to limit the risk of contamination, Jimmy Mohamed has only one piece of advice to give them: "Wash your hands well!"
Read also : "Coco Corona": Camille Lellouche makes the buzz with her song on the coronavirus