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==Symptoms== | ==Symptoms== | ||
+ | * [https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-covid19-day-by-day-symptoms-patients-2020-2 A day-by-day breakdown of coronavirus symptoms] | ||
* [https://elemental.medium.com/how-to-tell-if-you-have-the-flu-coronavirus-or-something-else-30c1c82cc50f How to tell if you have flu, coronavirus or something else] | * [https://elemental.medium.com/how-to-tell-if-you-have-the-flu-coronavirus-or-something-else-30c1c82cc50f How to tell if you have flu, coronavirus or something else] | ||
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* [https://www.helpbeatcovid19.org/?fbclid=IwAR0VPFNLcXev5LLFrB4T8oPmeQ9PaB6Zh5HKd0uV7Jbg6Jr-YYtcTVSSDgQ University of Alabama: COVID-19 SYMPTOM TRACKER] - Check in daily to report your health status and symptoms—even if you are feeling healthy | * [https://www.helpbeatcovid19.org/?fbclid=IwAR0VPFNLcXev5LLFrB4T8oPmeQ9PaB6Zh5HKd0uV7Jbg6Jr-YYtcTVSSDgQ University of Alabama: COVID-19 SYMPTOM TRACKER] - Check in daily to report your health status and symptoms—even if you are feeling healthy | ||
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− | ! style="width: 201px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px;"|Symptom | + | ! style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|Symptom |
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− | | style="width: 201px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px;"|'''Fever''' | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|'''Fever''' |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 16px;"|- Fever early on is a distinguishing symptom. |
− | | style="color: red; width: | + | | style="color: red; width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="color: red; width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;"|'''High''' 87.9% |
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− | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|'''Dry cough''' | |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 16px;"|- Dry coughs follow in cases that become moderate or severe. |
− | | style=" | + | | style="color: red; width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="color: red; width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;"|'''High''' 67.7% |
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− | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 34px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 34px;"|'''Shortness of breath''' | |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 34px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 34px;"|- Shortness of breath is a telltale and dangerous development distinguishing COVID-19 from influenza or a cold. |
− | | style=" | + | | style="color: red; width: 145px; height: 34px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="color: red; width: 145px; height: 34px; text-align: center;"|'''High''' |
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− | | style="width: 201px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px;"|''' | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 34px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 34px;"|'''Loss of sense of smell''' |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 34px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 34px;"|Loss of smell or taste not related to sinus issues |
− | | style="color: red; width: | + | | style="color: red; width: 145px; height: 34px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="color: red; width: 145px; height: 34px; text-align: center;"|'''High''' '''[https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-symptoms-loss-smell-taste.html 70%]''' |
− | + | | style="width: 715.629px; height: 34px;" data-mce-style="width: 715.629px; height: 34px;"|[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-symptoms-taste-smell-loss-ear-nose-throat-a9416226.html Coronavirus: New symptom of virus could be loss of taste and smell, top UK doctor says] | |
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− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 38.9688px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 38.9688px;"|Fatigue |
− | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 38.9688px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 38.9688px;"|x | |
− | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 38.9688px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 38.9688px; text-align: center;"|38.1% | |
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− | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 52px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 52px;"|[https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318924 Sputum production] | |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 52px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 52px;"|'''Sputum''' is '''produced''' when a person's lungs are diseased or damaged. '''Sputum''' is not saliva but the thick mucus – sometimes called '''phlegm'' '– which is coughed up from the lungs |
− | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 52px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 52px; text-align: center;"|33.4% | |
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− | | style="width: 201px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px;"| | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 52px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 52px;"|[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/opinion/coronavirus-testing-pneumonia.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage Low oxygen levels] |
− | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 52px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 52px;"|"Normal oxygen saturation for most persons at sea level is 94 percent to 100 percent; Covid pneumonia patients I saw had oxygen saturations as low as 50 percent." | |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 52px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 52px; text-align: center;"|18.6% |
− | | style=" | + | | style="width: 715.629px; height: 52px;" data-mce-style="width: 715.629px; height: 52px;"|[https://thewirecutter.com/blog/coronavirus-pulse-oximeter/ Buying a pulse oximeter may be useful for this.] |
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− | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|Muscle pain or joint pain | |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 16px;"|x |
− | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;"|14.8% | |
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− | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|Sore throat | |
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− | | style=" | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;"|13.9% |
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− | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|Headache | |
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− | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;"|13.6% | |
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− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|Chills |
− | | style=" | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 16px;"|x |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;"|11.4% |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 715.629px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 715.629px; height: 16px;"|May including shaking or shivering |
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− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|Nausea or vomiting |
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− | | style=" | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;"|5.0% |
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− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|Nasal congestion |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 16px;"|x |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;"|4.8% |
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− | | style="width: 201px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px;"| | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 16px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 16px;"|Diarrhea |
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− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 16px; text-align: center;"|3.7% |
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− | | style="width: 201px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px;"| | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 34px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 34px;"|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoptysis Haemoptysis] |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 34px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 34px;"|'''Coughing up blood''' |
− | | style="width: | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 34px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 34px; text-align: center;"|0.9% |
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− | + | | style="width: 201px; height: 34px;" data-mce-style="width: 201px; height: 34px;"|[https://www.southerncross.co.nz/group/medical-library/conjunctivitis-pink-eye-symptoms-and-treatment Conjunctival congestion] | |
− | + | | style="width: 561px; height: 34px;" data-mce-style="width: 561px; height: 34px;"|'''Pink Eye''' | |
− | + | | style="width: 145px; height: 34px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="width: 145px; height: 34px; text-align: center;"|0.8% | |
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==Articles and First Person Accounts== | ==Articles and First Person Accounts== | ||
+ | * [https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/27/six-new-coronavirus-symptoms/ CDC confirms six coronavirus symptoms showing up in patients over and over] | ||
+ | * [https://medium.com/@ASlavitt/an-early-study-shows-asymptomatic-people-are-still-highly-contagious-cd62ba0615e0 A New Study Indicates Asymptomatic People are Still Highly Contagious] | ||
* [https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-disease-2019-vs-the-flu Coronavirus Disease 2019 vs. the Flu] | * [https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-disease-2019-vs-the-flu Coronavirus Disease 2019 vs. the Flu] | ||
* [https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-its-like-to-survive-covid-19 What It’s Like to Have a ‘Mild’ Case of COVID-19] | * [https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-its-like-to-survive-covid-19 What It’s Like to Have a ‘Mild’ Case of COVID-19] | ||
[[Category: COVID-19 Info]][[Category: Healthcare]][[Category: Symptoms]] | [[Category: COVID-19 Info]][[Category: Healthcare]][[Category: Symptoms]] |
Latest revision as of 15:39, 27 April 2020
Symptoms
- A day-by-day breakdown of coronavirus symptoms
- How to tell if you have flu, coronavirus or something else
- University of Alabama: COVID-19 SYMPTOM TRACKER - Check in daily to report your health status and symptoms—even if you are feeling healthy
Symptom | Symptom Description | Likelihood of Symptom to appear if sick | References |
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Fever | - Fever early on is a distinguishing symptom. | High 87.9% | |
Dry cough | - Dry coughs follow in cases that become moderate or severe. | High 67.7% | - |
Shortness of breath | - Shortness of breath is a telltale and dangerous development distinguishing COVID-19 from influenza or a cold. | High | |
Loss of sense of smell | Loss of smell or taste not related to sinus issues | High 70% | Coronavirus: New symptom of virus could be loss of taste and smell, top UK doctor says |
Fatigue | x | 38.1% | |
Sputum production | 'Sputum is produced when a person's lungs are diseased or damaged. Sputum is not saliva but the thick mucus – sometimes called phlegm '– which is coughed up from the lungs | 33.4% | |
Low oxygen levels | "Normal oxygen saturation for most persons at sea level is 94 percent to 100 percent; Covid pneumonia patients I saw had oxygen saturations as low as 50 percent." | 18.6% | Buying a pulse oximeter may be useful for this. |
Muscle pain or joint pain | x | 14.8% | |
Sore throat | x | 13.9% | |
Headache | x | 13.6% | |
Chills | x | 11.4% | May including shaking or shivering |
Nausea or vomiting | x | 5.0% | |
Nasal congestion | x | 4.8% | |
Diarrhea | x | 3.7% | |
Haemoptysis | Coughing up blood | 0.9% | |
Conjunctival congestion | Pink Eye | 0.8% |