According to her, for the immune system to fail, serious reasons are needed, for example, HIV or cancer, and in the case of a strong athlete’s body, “this does not fit into the usual framework.” The doctor noted that from the very beginning of the disease, the skater “everything went wrong.” He developed severe pneumonia almost a day later, during which time he was taken to the hospital and hooked up to the device.
“Doctors are trying to do something incredible, but in such cases there is little chance of survival,” Yartseva said in an interview with News.ru, adding that no one can give predictions because the disease is too aggressive.
He noted that doctors can only help fight, but cannot regulate the work of the athlete’s body.
Recall that Roman Kostomarov was hospitalized with pneumonia on January 10. The skater’s condition deteriorated rapidly, he was connected to an ECMO machine, and then the athlete developed gangrene due to complications in the vessels, part of his leg and several fingers were amputated. The doctors managed to stop the spread of necrosis, but meningitis began, sepsis, and the skater also suffered two strokes. There were also reports that the Olympic champion was blind in one eye, but these were later refuted.
Now Roman Kostomarov is in a medical sleep and is connected to a ventilator. The doctors are doing everything they can to save him.
