People with Covid-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported. Common COVID symptoms have changed with time and now after the exposure of the virus, the infected individuals are more likely to experience fatigue, congestion or runny nose, loss of taste and smell, headache, muscle pain, fever or chill, cough, shortness of breath and diarrhea.
COVID Symptoms: People with these conditions may have Covid-19
The COVID symptoms have changed with time. Initially, a person infected with the disease is more likely to have cough, fever and in extreme conditions shortness of breath, however, now six common coronavirus symptoms are more likely to appear after two or 14 days from the exposure of the virus.
- Chills
- Repeated shaking with chills
- Muscle pain
- Headache
- Sore throat
- Lost sense for taste and smell
- Diarrhea
- Nausea or vomiting
- Congestion or runny nose
“You don’t want to list 20-something symptoms, especially if half the population has those symptoms,” Ramirez said. “You’re trying to balance targeting the right people to come in for testing, so it must be specific.”
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Older adults or people with medical conditions like heart, liver, or kidney problems are more vulnerable to developing more complications from the novel virus.
Emergency Warning Signs
If you see people with the following conditions, seek emergency medical care immediately. It is good to consult a physician with any severe or concerning conditions but these are the most common ones.
- When a person is unable to wake or stay awake.
- Skin or lips start turning blue.
- Persistent pain in the chest
- Trouble breathing
People Spread Virus in the presymptomatic phase
Most of the people who die from Covid-19 are either older or have chronic medical conditions, such people if are infected with the virus will have worse outcomes as the poor immune system makes fighting off the virus extremely difficult. A recent study suggests that coronavirus patients are more likely to spread the virus in their presymptomatic phase meaning when they have no significant symptoms and they meet with the people realizing that they are completely fine. According to Stat News, over 40% of coronavirus patients spread the virus when they have mild or no symptoms of the disease at all.