January 31, 2021 05:46 am
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Irina Yartseva, an allergist-immunologist, said that with a coronavirus infection, the high temperature lasts longer than with the flu.
“COVID-19 has many different forms. But classically, we are accustomed to the fact that with flu the temperature is high, up to 39 degrees, it lasts for six days. With COVID-19, it can last up to 10-12 days, and this is considered a mild form. And it’s exhausting. Moreover, the analyzes will contain minimal changes that will not require localization. The body can handle and maintain saturation quite normally. But the expressed intoxication and temperature reaction can be greater than with the flu, ” leads “Evening Moscow” her words.
Yartseva also noted that, unlike the flu, the throat is usually not affected with coronavirus.
Formerly State Duma deputy, former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko recommended to Russians after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, use medical masks in public places during the rising season for respiratory infections.
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