Known to cause cough, high fever and extreme fatigue, coronavirus can also cause other symptoms, which should not be overlooked.
Cough, high fever and extreme fatigue are not the only symptoms of coronavirus: loss of smell (anosmia) and / or taste (dysgeusia) and digestive disorders can also be signs of Covid infection. 19.
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Brutal anosmias
Friday, March 20, during his daily address, Jérôme Salomon, the Director General of Health underlined: “The national ENT council has informed us of the resurgence of cases of brutal anosmia, which corresponds to the disappearance of smell without nasal obstruction or discharge. It is advisable to find this sign, which is quite rare, to call your doctor. Professor Salomon also spoke of “even rarer” cases of loss of taste.
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“We have the impression, even if these are still preliminary data, that it would be linked to the virus,” added Jérôme Salomon. The first results show that these are “mild forms of infection” and observed “in young people”.
A statement from the ENT National Professional Council said that “it is not known if nose washings are at risk of viral spread along the airways”. The document told doctors that “it is therefore recommended not to prescribe it in this context, especially since these anosmias / dysgeusias are not usually accompanied by a disabling nasal obstruction”.
Various digestive disorders
New study from China highlights prevalence of digestive symptoms in patients infected with the new coronavirus. For this study, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, 107 men and 97 women aged 54.9 years on average and diagnosed with COVID-19 were recruited: “Of the 204 patients followed, almost half (48 , 5%) went to the hospital for various digestive disorders such as diarrhea (29.3%), vomiting (8%) or abdominal pain (4%) “, indicates the group of Wuhan medical treatment experts for COVID-19, the source of the publication.
Among them, seven patients presented with digestive symptoms, but no respiratory symptoms. As the severity of the disease increased, the digestive symptoms became more pronounced. The scientists behind this study, however, point out that further studies on larger samples are needed to support these results.
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