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If you have been sick over the last eight months, chances are that you have been concerned that you may have COVID-19. Each sniffing, coughing, or a rash was a cause of worry and it should be. Coronavirus can be fatal (for you and those around you), so you test the fear you have. However, there is a symptom that most patients have coronavirus that can not be confused with much something else, andA study says it's the number an indicator that you have coronavirus: a loss of taste or smell.Read on and ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Without signs that you have already had coronavirus.

Why do some people lose their sense of taste or smell?

"It's just a bizarre symptom that does not happen with most other diseases it is rarely badly," Dr. Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology atCollege London Kingand the main author of the study told theNew York Times. The search was carried out byMassachusetts GENERAL Hospital(MGH) andCollege London King.

Harvard breaks down from the method: "In the work, recently published in the journalMedicine of natureThe researchers used data of approximately 18,000 participants who had been tested for SARS-COV-2 to understand which symptoms were most common in those who had been positive tested. They found that loss of taste and smell were reported by most people tested, about 65 per cent, and thatThe most predictive group of symptoms was the loss of smell and taste, fatigue, persistent cough, loss of appetite and. "

The researchers then, according to Harvard, then, "have applied their model to more than 800,000 participants in the study that has not been tested and determined that about 140,000 of them were likely to be infected with the virus, Just over 5 percent of the entire population studied. »

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Know your 11 symptoms

The data were collected from an application in which self-reports users their symptoms. Scientists hope that these applications will make it easier to follow and trace the coronavirus because it spreads.The new program is free and can be downloaded via theAppleWhereGoogleApp Store.

The loss of your taste or the smell or taste has been document as coronavius ​​has diffusion. The CDC now indicates a new loss of taste or the smell of their official list of symptoms, and "the eleven symptoms on their list are symptoms that are not uncommon at the best of cases and have a differential diagnosis at the scale" , saysDr. Deborah Lee. "As a result, the CDC suggests some are even more likely to mean CVIV-19 if two or more are present. »Their official list:

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Tired
• Muscle or body
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Irritated throat
• Congestion or flowing nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

If you encounter any of these symptoms, contact a health professional and discuss your condition. And to cross this pandemic with your healthiest, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.