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- Many COVID-19 patients have reported respiratory symptoms, from coughing to shortness of breath.
- In some coronavirus cases, symptoms have appeared in other organs and systems.
- A rare new syndrome in children is also potentially associated with the coronavirus.
In some ways, the novel coronavirus could feel like the flu, with symptoms including cough, fever, chills, muscle pain, headaches and sore throat. In more severe cases, COVID-19 can wreak havoc on the respiratory system, causing shortness of breath or difficulty breathing and chest pains.
But a few months into the coronavirus pandemic, reports of symptoms such as loss of smell and taste began emerging.
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“One thing that is both curious and evolving and frustrating is that this disease is manifesting itself in so many different ways,” Scott Brakenridge, an assistant professor on the acute care surgery team at the University of Florida College of Medicine, told CNN.
The disease can also cause blood clots, which can kill between 20 to 50 percent of patients, according to Sean Wengerter, a vascular surgeon in Pomona, N.Y. This happens when the virus attacks the lining of blood vessels, leading to blood clotting anywhere from the lung to major arteries. It might also be the cause of “covid toes,” CNN reported, red and purple swelling of the toes or feet in some coronavirus patients.
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Now, authorities in the United Kingdom and New York City are alerting the public to a new syndrome in children that is potentially associated with COVID-19; pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome is similar to toxic shock syndrome, according to the Boston Children’s Hospital. Symptoms include a persistent fever, gastrointestinal problems, cardiac inflammation and poor function in one or more organs.
“The best evidence to date, from the CDC and this International Collaboration, is that children rarely become critically ill from COVID-19, or from this pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome,” said Jeffrey Burns, chief of Critical Care Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. “Our major objective is to alert clinicians to this clinical presentation, to ensure that these children get treated by pediatric specialists who pursue the appropriate clinical work-up, and to see that they are enrolled in integrated data registries and clinical trials that will promote evidence-based care and a better understanding of this disorder.”
Coronavirus symptoms have been recorded to appear anywhere from two to eight weeks, although some patients show no symptoms at all. It takes about a week for cases to reach peak severity, after which recovery can take anywhere from two to six weeks depending on the severity of the case.
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