More and more evidence suggests that the obvious signs of COVID-19 are not limited to high fever and prolonged dry cough. There are a number of additional symptoms that are detected during the spread of the virus.
In a study whose results were published Sunday on the Lancet portal, headache was identified as a symptom of the disease. The study showed that eight percent of patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, where the outbreak began, complained of headaches that tormented them in the first days after infection.
Ill patients reported onset of dizziness. Frequent bouts of dizziness or very severe or severe bouts of dizziness may indicate a more serious health risk, the Cleveland Clinic specified, commenting on these cases.
Another lesser known, but clear alarm is a sharp loss of smell, scientists at the British Rhinological Society noted. In South Korea, China and Italy, there is already strong evidence that a significant number of patients with proven COVID-19 infection have lost their sense of smell, the researchers explained. Moreover, in Germany, more than two-thirds of people with coronavirus reported an inability to capture and recognize odors.
Finally, scientists identified a general feeling of malaise and confusion that appeared as potential signs of the disease. In a recent report on the situation in a nursing home in Washington, where almost a third of older people had a positive result for coronavirus, but half did not show signs of illness, infected patients complained of malaise, a general feeling of discomfort and their concern.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has already called confusion as an emergency “warning signal” COVID-19.
This information, the researchers note, suggests that people need to be vigilant during a pandemic and not give in to complacency just because they do not have a high fever and cough.
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