Healthcare/Symptoms - Do I Have COVID-19?

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
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%
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%

Articles and First Person Accounts

• Coronavirus Disease 2019 vs. the Flu
• What It’s Like to Have a ‘Mild’ Case of COVID-19