Professor Giorgio Sesti, a professor of internal medicine at Sapienza University of Rome, sheds light on this wave of influenza K, outlining the contours of a disease that is much more persistent than expected. The facts speak for themselves: coughs and colds are no longer temporary, but can linger for over 20 days, three times longer than normal. The doctor explains that, although specific vaccines exist, there are unfortunately no targeted drugs to directly target the virus, leaving patients in a prolonged state of stagnation. To speed recovery and allow the immune system to respond effectively, the recommended solution lies in a specific diet.
But many people, especially on social media, are commenting on what happened to them, and many are reporting, in addition to symptoms such as fever that lasted for days and even high fever, cough, joint pain, etc., a new symptom that has never appeared before is being reported.
This symptom is panic attacks and anxiety during the flu, but also and especially after it ends. “This flu is terrible… not only during the flu, but also after it ‘ends’… I’ve been speechless for a week… I can’t eat and I’m in the throes of depression and anxiety (never had them before)… has anyone else had them?… I’ve never seen anything like this before,” commented one user on social media, for example.
“Holy shit, so I’m not the only one. I woke up feeling incredibly anxious, so much so that I cried. It’s never happened before! This is the second time I’ve taken it, but this second one is awful. Oh my!!!” – confirmed another user. So far, no explanations have been provided by experts regarding these symptoms.
The fact is that many people declare that they have this annoying symptom that has never before been recorded in a flu syndrome.As cities slowly return to their usual pace, a veil of normality seems to envelop homes, concealing a far more complex and silent reality. Within their homes, thousands of people find themselves dealing with an invisible enemy that this year has decided to change the rules of the game.
The usual seasonal annoyance, the one that usually resolves in a matter of days, has given way to something profoundly different. It’s no longer a simple parenthesis, but a shadow that lingers for weeks, transforming daily life into an exhausting and endless wait.
The air becomes heavy and breathing becomes labored as the body tries to react to a sudden change in the severity of symptoms. What began as a banal discomfort has become a lasting scar, an imprint that shows no signs of fading despite the usual remedies. In hospital corridors and doctor’s offices, the sense of anticipation for a return to health collides with an unexpected clinical reality. Experts are closely monitoring this virological turn of events, where time seems to have expanded in an absurd and worrying way.
It’s an emergency that doesn’t scream, but rather saps energy with a constant threat, making every small step forward seem like a distant goal. The silence of the patients’ rooms is broken only by a cough that seems unrelenting, becoming the symbol of an unusual season.
The question everyone is now asking, watching the thermometer stick around, is how much longer we have to endure before this feverish flame finally dies out. But the right answer lies not in the usual drugs, but in a discovery that is about to overturn everything.
