Beware, Corona Virus is a Master Impostor

RMco.id Merdeka People – People need to be extra vigilant about the symptoms felt by people with the Corona virus. Because, the symptoms of infection are not always coughs and colds. Red rash on the skin and diarrhea are also often found and felt by Covid-19 patients.

Prof. Ari Fahrial Syam revealed that the Corona virus also attacks other organs. People who are infected also have an unusual symptom, which is a red rash on the skin. As happened to the celebrity Dewi Persik.

Ari revealed, cases of red rash have been found several times in a number of international studies. The Dean of the Faculty of the University of Indonesia (FKUI) said that the Corona virus was an imposter. Because it not only attacks respiration, but also attacks other organs such as digestion, heart, brain, and even skin. “Covid-19 is great imitator, ”He said.

Ari explained, the symptoms of the red rash that appeared were an inflammatory reaction in the small blood vessels. The mechanism of this skin disorder in Covid-19 sufferers, he said, is not widely known. However, several theories have been put forward, it is possible that virus particles in the blood vessels of the patient’s skin can cause inflammation of the blood vessels. This condition is called vasculitis.

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His side, explained the Internal Medicine Specialist doctor, is still studying the clinical course of the Covid-19 disease in Indonesia. From existing data, it turns out that there are differences and symptoms found from Covid 19 patients in China and Indonesia. In many cases in Indonesia, fever occurs only 85 percent, while in China up to 95 percent.

In addition, continued Ari, indigestion was more prominent in Indonesian patients than in China. That is the reason he emphasized, this Covid-19 infection as great imitator. Therefore, the symptoms that appear can vary.

At the beginning of its appearance, Ari explained again, only known, the initial clinical manifestations led to pulmonary infection or pneumonia. With the main symptoms of fever, cough and shortness of breath. But on the way when there were quite a lot of patients suffering from this infection, it turned out that this disease could attack many organs.

In fact, it could be that when the patient is admitted to the hospital, he is not treated as a Covid-19 patient. This is a disaster for health workers who do not anticipate patients with non-pulmonary early symptoms, who eventually experience Covid-19 infection.

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Covid-19 patient may present with abdominal pain with diarrhea, leading to more of an intestinal infection. It turns out that if we look closely, this virus can affect various organs that contain it reseptor angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2). The virus will enter the organs through these receptors. Because ACE-2 is an important regulator of intestinal inflammation.

Research from China reports that one third of the Covid-19 cases found have complaints of diarrhea. Patients may present with fever and diarrhea. Symptoms of cough and tightness can come later. In patients who have digestive and intestinal symptoms (gastromuestinal accompanied by diarrhea), feces can also be found with the Corona virus.

Meanwhile, a general practitioner who is also a PhD candidate in Medical Science at Kobe University, Adam Prabata said, rashes on the skin usually appear on the 6th to the 10th day after other symptoms appear.

Other symptoms include common symptoms experienced by Covid-19 patients such as fever, cough and shortness of breath. According to him, in about 14.77 percent of patients, this skin rash appeared as an early symptom before other symptoms appeared.

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Adam added that women infected with Covid-19 are at risk of experiencing skin rash symptoms with a percentage of 52-60 percent. Meanwhile, Covid-19 patients with skin rashes have the potential to occur in people with comorbid obesity by 7.4 percent, hypertension by 5.5 percent, and diabetes by 7.4 percent. [DIR]

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