Shortness of breath is not the only condition .. New symptoms appear on the victims of «corona» in the early stages
Almost half of people with coronavirus infection suffer from symptoms in the digestive system before any of the known symptoms of the respiratory system begin to appear, according to a new descriptive study conducted by a group of experts and doctors in Wuhan, China, published by the «Daily Health Post», citing For an American scientific journal specializing in diseases of the digestive system.
According to the study conducted on 204 patients with Covid-19, almost half of them experienced symptoms of the respiratory system before digestive system, which is a major step towards early diagnosis of infection.
The authors of the study point out that «doctors must bear in mind that symptoms of the digestive system, such as diarrhea, may be one of the early symptoms of Covid-19 outbreak, and that the indication of suspicion may need to be treated as one of the precursors that need to be calculated early on in this Cases instead of waiting for the symptoms of the respiratory system ».
29.3% of those with Covid-19 suffer from diarrhea, 83.8% of various degrees of loss of appetite, 0.8% of vomiting, and 0.4% of abdominal pain.
Experts warn that doctors are satisfied with observing respiratory symptoms only to determine if the cases suffer from Covid-19 disease, as they may miss the opportunity of early diagnosis of cases at first before the symptoms extend to affect the lungs, or the disease may not extend mainly until symptoms appear on the device Respiratory later
The results of the study indicated that Corona patients, who had symptoms of the digestive system, were less likely to recover and be discharged from hospital compared to those who did not have the same symptoms at rates ranging from 34.3% to 60%.
The results revealed that about 3.5% of Corona or Covid-19 patients in the cases covered by the study, equivalent to 7 out of 204 patients, had problems with the digestive system but had no breathing problems at all.
Dr. Brennan Spiegel, a physician and co-editor in the American Scientific Journal of Gastroenterology, says that what this study, concerned with digestive symptoms in Covid-19 patients, revealed in light of clinical results, confirms that symptoms of the digestive system are worse and more dangerous as they include proportions Mortality is higher compared to those without symptoms in the digestive system, which confirms the importance of including symptoms such as diarrhea on suspicion of Covid-19 disease early.
This would lead to an early diagnosis of infection cases, and thus appropriate treatment could be provided and a faster quarantine applied to reduce transmission to others, Spiegel said.