Throughout these weeks when the COVID-19 coronavirus has spread throughout the world, the symptoms of the disease have been widely disseminated by the various media.
Nevertheless, A study revealed possible new symptoms of the coronavirus, and they have nothing to do with a cold.. Experts from various Chinese health agencies found that almost half of 204 COVID-19 patients treated at three hospitals in Hubei, the province where Wuhan, the epicenter of the new virus, presented digestive system abnormalities before being diagnosed with the new suffering.
According to research, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, those patients they came to hospitals with diarrhea, loss of appetite, vomiting and abdominal pain. They were not treated as COVID-19 suspects, so their health condition rapidly deteriorated; Later, they developed respiratory symptoms, although seven of them did not present them despite being diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
Although the authors of this research point out that more tests are required to confirm the incidence of intestinal disorders In COVID-19 cases, they suggest that physicians also consider these symptoms when diagnosing patients, in order to avoid subsequent complications.
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