Difference between revisions of "Healthcare/Symptoms - Do I Have COVID-19?"

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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	70%	Coronavirus: New symptom of virus could be loss of taste and smell, top UK doctor says
Fatigue	x	38.1%
Sputum production	x	33.4%
Shortness of breath	x	18.6%
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	x	0.9%
Conjunctival congestion	x	0.8%

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Doctor offers coronavirus protection advice - long interview where various approaches and supplements which may help boost your immunity and lessen symptoms

Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired - we needed to conserve the N95/respirator style for medical workers, but cloth masks are better than nothing. -

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-* '''Note''' potential early warning symptom is loss of sense of smell:
-** additional citation: https://www.entuk.org/loss-sense-smell-marker-covid-19-infection
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-| '''Fever'''|| - Fever early on is a distinguishing symptom. || '''High''' 87.9%  ||
+| '''Fever'''|| - Fever early on is a distinguishing symptom. ||style="color: red; "|'''High''' 87.9%  ||
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-| '''Dry cough''' || - Dry coughs follow in cases that become moderate or severe.  || '''High''' 67.7% || -
+| '''Dry cough''' || - Dry coughs follow in cases that become moderate or severe.  ||style="color: red; "| '''High''' 67.7% || -
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-| '''Shortness of breath''' || - Shortness of breath is a telltale and dangerous development distinguishing COVID-19 from influenza or a cold.  || '''High'''
+| '''Shortness of breath''' || - Shortness of breath is a telltale and dangerous development distinguishing COVID-19 from influenza or a cold.  ||style="color: red; "| '''High'''
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 | '''Loss of sense of smell''' || Loss of smell or taste not related to sinus issues || '''[https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-symptoms-loss-smell-taste.html 70%]''' || [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]