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British experts: Glossitis may be a symptom of the most widespread Corona virus

A British expert asked people to look for “strange symptoms” such as “glossitis” and unusual mouth sores because it could be a sign that you need to isolate yourself, due to the Corona virus.

According to a report by the British newspaper “Metro”, Professor Tim Spector, an epidemiologist at Kings College London, said he is seeing increasing cases of people infected with the Coronavirus suffering uncomfortable symptoms in their mouths – such as tongue sores.

He said that about 1 in 5 people infected with the virus will show less common symptoms, as he urged people to stay at home even if they had minor complaints that could be traced back to another cause.


Glossitis and symptoms of corona

وفقًا لموقع NHS The British Health Authority, the three main symptoms of Coronavirus are: high temperature, persistent cough, and loss or change of smell and taste.

But Spector, the chief scientist, wrote in a survey Zoe Covid Symptom Study UK Infection Survey , On Twitter: “One in five people continues to have Covid Has less common symptoms that do not appear on the official list of symptoms – such as a rash, and now there are increasing numbers of glossitis and strange mouth sores.

He added: If you have strange symptoms or even just a headache and fatigue, stay home, “and shared an example of a” Covid tongue “that showed incomplete pieces of thick white paint on the tongue of a person with Coronavirus.

Public health physician Gabriel Scully said reported symptoms in the mouth are related to: Covid-19 For some time, the medical name for acute swelling of the tongue as part of a syndrome called “glossitis”.

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