“They cut off their arms up to the elbows and legs up to the knees”: the former doctor of the Russian national team spoke about the condition of Roman Kostomarov 03.16.2023, 08:10

The 46-year-old athlete is in serious condition in Kommunarka. Sepsis is still progressing. Surgeons plan to perform another operation to amputate part of his arm, but they fear that Roman’s heart may stop due to severe weakness. The former doctor of the Russian national team in ski jumping and Nordic combined spoke about the main danger for Kostomarov.

“There is another problem with sepsis, the left hand is blue,” noted Andrey Zvonkov. I don’t recommend waiting for miracles. A blue hand is the result of a vascular reaction, vasospasm. I suspect Raynaud’s has now set in. Only in this way, such problems with limbs and blood vessels will not arise from scratch. This is typical of Raynaud’s disease, which most often ends with people’s hands being amputated at the elbows and legs at the knees.”

Doctors have already performed two operations on Taťana Navka’s ex-partner – they amputated his feet and several fingers. The long-time emergency room doctor pointed out that the Olympic champion was under stress after these surgeries.

“Kostomarov surely remembers something of what happened.” Therefore, the disconnection and reconnection of consciousness can indeed be accompanied by outbursts of aggression and irritation, anything that is completely normal. The expected reaction, and this should not be afraid and look for some special problem in what is happening. In the end, it will be resolved when a person comes to his senses,” Zvonkov explained to the Novosibirsk Online website.

It was recently decided to involve a psychologist in working with Roman. Lev Averbakh, the head doctor of the private ambulance service “Koris” in St. Petersburg, assured that it is necessary for the patient in his current condition.

“Kostomarov survived a stroke, sepsis, so it is not known what cognitive changes he will have in his brain, what state his intellect and psyche will be in. The main thing is that there is a positive trend,” Sport24 quotes the doctor as saying.

Alexander Zhulin admitted that he was very worried about Kostomarov. The ex-husband of Tatyana Navka often calls Oksana Domnina to find out reliable information about the health of the star of the Ice Age show.

“The Roma are in a difficult situation, we are all very worried,” Zhulin said. “Obviously we still have to figure out why it happened, what the reason was, but for now you have to pray and believe. I know that Roma is a very strong personality. I have no doubt that he must climb. And many of us will still be satisfied.”