Rescue in Thailand: in quarantine and sunglasses, just like the children of Tham Luang cave

Chocolate bread.

This was the first thing they asked to eat some of the children trapped for more than two weeks in a cave in northeastern Thailand after being rescued and brought to the surface by an international team divers.

"Everyone is in a good mood and happy to be absent ," the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, Jedsada Chokdamrongsuk, told reporters when eight of the 12 children are stuck in the complex system. some caves had already come out.

On Tuesday, it was confirmed that the children and their coach had already been saved.

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At prolonged confinement in the cold, dark and evil environment Ventilated from the cave, where they had limited access to food and water, teens emerged in a better state than expected.

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None of them had a fever – sign of infection – although two were treated with antibiotics for possible pulmonary infection.

Once safe and in a dry and hot environment, doctors will continue to monitor their health status to verify that none of them has contracted histoplasmosis, a disease pulmonary caused by a fungus that develops in the feces of bats. Copyright image
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To avoid risks, they were given vaccines for tetanus and rabies .

They also closely observe the cuts and wounds on young men's skin to verify that they are healing properly.

Dark Lenses

Saved teenagers are quarantined to prevent both contracting and infecting infections, and recovering strength.

The original idea was to keep them isolated for a week

Young people needed to strengthen their muscles and immune systems and get used to outdoor life.

To protect their eyes from light, after two weeks in complete darkness, they were also equipped with sunglbades .

As soon as they left the cave, the children were fed instant food and energy jellies, and soon after they started eating soft foods of digestion easy which will allow them to gain weight

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However, the doctors responded to the wishes of some children and gave them some chocolate.

Emotional Consequences

Although health authorities reiterated that young people were leaving "mentally well" and that a team of psychologists is working with them to ensure their healing, experts point out that the traumatic episode lived short and long term consequences.

In the short term, BBC explains Andrea Danese, a children's psychologist at King's University in London, they can be watery and more attached to their parents.

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In the long run, they may experience mental problems like depression, l & rsquo; Anxiety and post-traumatic stress.

For this reason, he says, it is important that children and their trainers have access to psychotherapeutic badistance.

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