WEB EXCLUSIVE: Yuma teacher recovers from two types of Coronavirus and pneumonia

Deana Salter contracted Covid without any prior underlying health conditions

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY)- Deana Salter was admitted to Yuma Regional Medical Center on June 29, 2020 and found that she had contracted a rare trio of illnesses which includes Covid-19, SARS, and Covid Pneumonia.

Prior to being admitted to the hospital, Salter went to NextCare Urgent Care where she said she was misdiagnosed with just having a strep throat.

"I first just started having fatigue, and when I went to urgent care they misdiagnosed me of just having a strep throat. So when I went home I was just trying to take care of my throat."

However, her symptoms got worse from there and a few days later she started coughing up blood.

She was admitted to Yuma Regional Medical Center on June 29, and that was when her doctors told her she had the Covid-19, SARS, and pneumonia.

However, just two days later on July 1st she was released after being symptom-free.

Both COVID-19 and SARS are caused by coronaviruses. The virus that causes SARS is known as SARS-CoV, while the virus that causes COVID-19 is known as SARS-CoV-2. There are also other types of human coronaviruses.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), several studies have documented SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients who never develop symptoms (asymptomatic) and in patients not yet symptomatic (pre-symptomatic). Since asymptomatic persons are not routinely tested, the prevalence of asymptomatic infection and detection of pre-symptomatic infection is not yet well understood. 

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 begins when respiratory droplets containing the virus enter your upper respiratory tract. As the virus multiplies, the infection can progress to your lungs. When this happens, it is possible to develop pneumonia.

At the time, CDC guidelines stated that if a patient is symptom-free for 72 hours, they are allowed to be released.

Following her release, Salter self-quarantined in her home for another 5 days to recover.

Salter chooses not to identify which school she teaches at but says she does feel confident that the proper precautions are being taken to make sure children are safe.