A persistent dry cough and fever are the main symptoms that we know to look for, but scientists have said Covid-19 can attack our digestive systems, a version known as “gastro-coronavirus”.
Dr. Fern Riddell, historian and author, detailed on Twitter your digestive symptoms as you battled coronavirus.
April 14, she tweeted, “Hello, I’m not here because I’m at day 33 #Covid 19, and for the past 26 I’ve been the most blatant I’ve ever been in my life.
“I am really happy not to have had breathing problems, I got a stomachache – but also with mild to moderate symptoms, it is terrible.”
She said she felt like she had a “summer cold” and mild fever and lost her sense of smell – another coronavirus symptom have also been reported.
Dr. Riddell said things took a turn for the worse, from day 10.
She wrote: “Full body trembles and hurts, severe dehydration (6 liters of water a day plus dioralyte), overwhelming nausea, terrible diarrhea, extreme fatigue.
“You feel so, so sick. And it’s terrifying. I don’t know much about the next 14 days. ”
A recent study, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, encourages people to experience digestive problems, such as diarrhea, when they are infected with the coronavirus.
Researchers analyzed data from 206 patients with Covid-19 in China’s Hubei province, and they discovered that 48.5 percent of these patients came to the hospital with digestive symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, or abdominal pain.
Following this, the researchers found that for some people, digestive symptoms may present themselves before the symptoms of respiratory problems from Covid-19.
The study found: “These data underline that patients with new-onset digestive symptoms after a possible Covid-19 contact should suspect the disease, even in the absence of cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, or fever.”
It also explained that patients with digestive symptoms suffered more than respiratory symptoms – citing the average hospital stay than by 23.7 days.
In the study, the people in the study also had a severe case of illness.
Brennan MR Spiegel, co-editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, said: “In this study, Covid-19 patients with digestive symptoms had poorer clinical outcomes with a higher risk of mortality compared to those without gastrointestinal symptoms Covid-19 suspected of stressing the importance of including symptoms such as diarrhea early in the course of the disease before developing symptoms of respiratory problems. ”
Despite this revelation, people should still be vigilant in finding the primary symptoms of coronavirus, including a dry cough and fever, as well as shortness of breath – as Covid-19 primarily affects the lungs and airways.
Some patients may also experience pain, nasal congestion, runny nose, or sore throat, but these are usually mild and begin gradually.
The development of these symptoms does not necessarily mean that you have the disease, and you are similar to other diseases, such as the common cold or flu.
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