Coronavirus: what do we know about it?
That’s how long he gets sick COVID-19 is mainly due to the specificity viruswhich causes it. For almost a year, the coronavirus has dominated the information flowing from the world and the country. The first mentions of him appeared in December 2019, but hardly anyone realized then that a dangerous disease occurring in China it will reach Europe so quickly and will have such tragic consequences. In addition to the obvious losses associated with SARS-CoV-2 deaths and health complications, national economies and entrepreneurs are also bearing heavy costs of the epidemic.
Coronawirus it is one of the RNA viruses that are mainly responsible for colds in humans. Many infections may be asymptomatic. The coronavirus is highly mutable. Infection with it in humans usually causes respiratory symptoms, sometimes also gastrointestinal symptoms. By 2019, 6 types of viruses of this type that infect humans were known. Four of them (229E, OC43, NL63, HKU1) are the cause of mild colds. The other two, SARS and MERS, can cause life-threatening acute respiratory failure. The first deadly form of the coronavirus appeared in China in 2002 – the SARS epidemic claimed the lives of around 1,000 people. The current epidemic began in Chinese Wuhan in 2019 and has so far cost the lives of 1.5 million people. The SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is being intensively developed in various countries.
How much COVID-19 is sick?
There are many factors that determine how much you get COVID-19. The time it takes to recover from illness varies as it does with most conditions. For people who have mild infections, the average time between the onset of symptoms and complete recovery is about two weeks. Longer treatment will be required if the virus affects the lungs. About the recovery period after COVID-19 Dr. Michael Ryan of the WHO told CNN. He indicated that the total recovery time is about 6 weeks. In more severe cases, when the patient needs support for respiratory functions and usually goes to the intensive care unit the time needed to get into shape can take up to several months.
When can we say that a sick person has been cured of COVID-19? Well, according to Dr. Ryan, in order to find a cure, the patient must obtain two consecutive negative coronavirus test results with an interval of at least one day. It should be noted, however, that despite the cure, the effects of the disease can be struggled with for years. As one of the convalescents, Mr. Zdzisław, said, who has retired from the infectious diseases ward and spent 99 days there, is sure that he will not be able to regain the fitness he had before the infection.
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COVID-19. Symptoms
The coronavirus infection that causes COVID-19 can manifest itself in many ways. We hear from day to day information that more and more new symptoms are joining the catalog of those related to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Many people also get infected asymptomatically, but can still infect other people. The main symptoms of COVID-19 include:
- high temperature
- a strong, dry cough
- shortness of breath, trouble breathing
- general weakness of the body
- loss of smell and taste
However, keep in mind that in many cases people who tested positive for coronavirus did not have any of the symptoms considered typical. It can affect up to 80% of those infected.
In immunocompromised patients – this may be due to, for example, comorbidities such as diabetes, other respiratory system diseases – these symptoms can develop into acute respiratory failure, which can lead to the death of the patient.
