Pope Francis was breathing without a mask on Tuesday, suffering from acute respiratory failure in two matches, Vatican said the world’s Catholic leader spent his 19th day in the hospital with pneumonia.
The 88 -year -old Argentina Pontiff, the head of the Catholic Church, since 2013, said “Slept overnight after Monday’s crisis and continues to rest”, The Holi C said.
By Tuesday morning, Francis had distributed through a penetration into a high-function oxygen from an oxygen mask, a plastic tube that tucks into the nostril, read a statement.
He is continuing his treatment and respiratory physiotherapy, the couple.
In his evening update on Monday, Vatican stressed that Francis’ pregnancy is “reserved” – a sign that doctors cannot predict the possible results of his condition.
Francis, who leads the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, was admitted to Jameli Hospital in Rome with bronchitis on 14 February, developed in both lungs in pneumonia.
His entry has given birth to a wide alarm, and well -wishers from all over the world prayed for his recovery.
The Pope, who had part of the lungs removed as a young man, had already faced two breathing crisis in the days of Monday’s double attack.
The Pope experienced “two episodes of acute respiratory failure, caused by an important accumulation of endobronicial mucus and resulting bronchospasm”, Vatican said on Monday evening.
Acute respiratory failure, which can be life-threatening, occurs when the lungs cannot pass enough oxygen in the blood or when carbon dioxide is formed in the body.
‘Very bad signal’
Francis was breathless and was struggling to read his texts in the leading days for his entry to Jamelli Hospital, with a special pope suit on the 10th floor.
On 22 February, he suffered a “prolonged asthma respiratory crisis”, followed by “a separate crisis of bronchospasm” on 28 February – a tight of the muscles that line up the airway in the lungs.
Medical experts warned that continuous migration and frequent crises in Francis’s hospital were worrisome.
“At the age of 88, staying in hospital for two weeks and repeated episodes of respiratory discomfort is a very bad sign,” AFP said.
Herway Peglisko, head of pulmonary science at the European Hospital in Marseli, said with double pneumonia, “is a matter of exhaustion, as he is forced to make a lot of effort to breathe”.
The Vatican said on Monday that the Pope was alert and cooperative during its latest crisis, requiring two separate bronchoscopy, where doctors see in the air route using a small camera based on a flexible tube.
No journey was done
According to Vatican sources, Francis is working during his time in Jamelli, talking on telephone and receiving some officials.
The Vatican Press Office said no visit was taken on Tuesday.
Francis has not been seen publicly for nearly three weeks and the final photos taken by him were from his personal audience in the morning of his entry into the hospital.
Argentina recalled her traditional Angelus prayer for the third straight Sunday and the Vatican released a written text instead.
In this, the Pope thanked the well -wishers from all over the world, who are praying for their recovery, including outside the hospital and in the St. Peter Square in Vatican every evening.
“I feel all your affection and closeness and, at this particular time, I think I am ‘taken’ and all God supported. Thanks to all of you,” he said.
Francis has faced several health issues in recent years, including colon surgery in 2021 and a hernia operation in 2023, and uses wheelchairs due to hip and knee pain.
He has always left an option to resign. If his health has declined, his predecessor, Benedict XVI,, but after his entry into the hospital repeatedly dismissed the idea.
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