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MAE SAI, Thailand – Twelve young footballers and their coaches recovered well on Wednesday, a day after the last of them left the remote cave in Thailand where they had been trapped since the end of the month. June.
Dr. Thongchai Lertwilairatanapong, the best public health doctor in northern Thailand, said on Wednesday that some tests were still underway, but all boys and their 25-year-old coach were quickly recovering in quarantine. in a hospital in Chiang Rai City.
"None of them is stressed," he added. "They were well looked after in the cave."
After arriving consciously at the Chiangrai Prachanukroh hospital in recent days, boys have been vaccinated against tetanus and rabies as well as vitamins and antibiotics, said Dr. Thongchai. But he said that they were at different stages of recovery because they had arrived in three separate groups, starting on Sunday.
Medical doctors fear that apart from physical ailments, boys may experience anxiety, panic attacks, nightmares, phobias or others. symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in the short or long term. But as of Wednesday, Dr. Thongchai said the boys were sleeping normally and had not received anti-anxiety medication
"Their mental health status is good, maybe because they stayed together and helped each other. " even though the tests showed that the average weight loss for the group was about 4.4 pounds per boy. "Their coach was very good at managing that."
The families of the first four boys to be rescued visited them on Tuesday, wearing protective clothing and keeping a distance of about six feet at all times, he said. Families in the second group were due on Wednesday.
Thongchai reported that the first group of boys, aged 14 to 16, had started eating normally and that he was now in very good condition. Two had contracted pneumonia in the cave, but they were starting to have an injury. The second group of four boys, aged 12 to 14, received antibiotics after blood tests showed high counts of white blood cells, a sign of infection, overwork or exposure to cold, he said. But they were eating sweet foods as early as Wednesday morning and might be able to eat normal food at night, he says.
As for the third group of four boys and the coach, one of them had mild pneumonia when arriving at the hospital on Tuesday, said Dr. Thongchai. He said that blood samples had been taken from the five samples and that he would be sent to a laboratory in Bangkok, the Thai capital, for badysis.
Thongchai stated that the first and second group blood tests showed no signs of serious illnesses that doctors feared to have contracted in the cavern, including leptospirosis, a bacterial disease transmitted by rodents or histoplasmosis, an infection caused by a fungus.
Blood tests for exfoliating typhus, a disease transmitted by infected larval mite bites, and another disease, henipavirus, also appeared negative,
Henipavirus is a genus that includes the Nipah virus , a potentially fatal disease that can be transmitted to humans by bats through bites and contact with saliva or urine. A medical specialist who is not involved in the treatment of boys said in an e-mail that a negative blood test would likely rule out infection with Nipah virus and other viruses of the genus [19659013]. Thongchai said that the team would be monitored for two weeks, the second week at home, and that the boys had not yet been allowed to play – but they share the same room and can talk to each other since their hospital beds.
The four members of the Thai army – a military doctor and three members of the Navy SEAL – who remained in the cave for eight days after the discovery of the group were the last to emerge on Tuesday. They arrived at the hospital that night but were to be moved to an unknown location on Wednesday, said Dr. Thongchai.
Thai social media users on Wednesday were excited about the boys' rescue, with many drawings of the boys rescued. Like wild boars – their mascot of the football team
"The happiest morning," wrote a user.
"Thank you very much to everyone in all the organizations and countries involved in this operation". "You are the true heroes."
When they were trapped in the cave, the boys reportedly asked rescuers for news of the World Cup football tournament. And in recent days, it has been asked whether the boys would accept a FIFA invitation to attend the World Cup final in Russia on Saturday. Thongchai said the Wild Boars would not be present because they would still be quarantined.
But, somehow, they were still stars of the show: After France beat Belgium in the semi-finals of the World Cup on Tuesday. French star Paul Pogba praised the boys for his more than five million followers on Twitter, posting a composite photo of all 12 and dedicated the French victory to them.
"This victory goes to the heroes" Wednesday afternoon, the post of Mr. Pogba had been liked or retweeted by about 120 000 Twitter users – about 40 000 more than the number of seats in the Moscow stadium where the final will be played
Navaon Siradapuvadol reported from Mae Sai, Thailand, and Mike Ives from Hong Kong.
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