Pope Francis’ health has deteriorated in the last 24 hours, the Vatican said in a statement on Saturday, after a week, when he was hospitalized with difficulties in breathing.
The Vatican wrote, “The holy father is alert and spends the day in a chair, although he is more hey than the yard. At the moment, the disease is diagnosed.”
The statement said that 88 -year -old Francis suffered a “prolonged respiratory crisis”, requesting blood transfusion.
Doctors had to administration of oxygen “high flows” due to the Pope’s breathing crisis, the Vatican said, the tests were required to add infections because the tests showed that they had a low platelet count, which was associated with anemia.
Francis ‘not out of danger’
“The position of the Holy Father remains important,” the statement continued. “Pope is not out of danger.”
The update drafts by Francis’s medical team, but released by the Vatican, was first marked as “important” the Pope’s forecast, which suggests that it is in the flux and requires close observation.
The religious leader was taken to a hospital in Rome with pneumonia and a complex lung infection on Friday a week ago.
Double pneumonia can provoke both lungs and scare, making it difficult to breathe.
The Vatican has understood the infection of the previous Pope as “complex”, saying that it is happening due to two or more micro -organisms.
Professor Sergio Alphiary, who led the Pope’s medical team, said on Friday that Pontif’s condition is improving slightly, which is reduced to the doctors that she is taking.
But he then made it clear that the situation was very serious, taking into account the age of the patient and the general condition of health.
Earlier on Saturday, the Vatican announced that Francis would not publicly appear publicly to lead the angelis prayer with pilgrims on Sunday. This will make the second consecutive week that he must have missed the incident.
Health issues suffer from 88 -year -old Pope
Francis is the head of the Catholic Church since 2013. Hey faced several health issues in recent years, including a colon surgery and a hernia operation.
The pope is then prone to hip and knee paint, which forces him to use wheelchairs most of the time.
This latest disease has raised doubts over their ability to continue as leaders of about 1.4 billion Catholics in the world, which fueling speculation about who may take.
Vatican Secretary State Pietro Parolin told Italy Courier dela sera Daily the discovery was discussed that was normal but kept, it could not enter the “useless speculation”.
Prior to his latest illness, the Pope maintained a punished work program, which saw him completing the 12-day tour of Asia-Pacific in September.
Edited by: Darko Jenjeevic