This Covid Symptom comes before fever, according to a study
It could provide a more reliable method of early detection.
When the stores, restaurants and gyms reopened after the first wave of coronavirus pandemic, many have done with body temperature control for employees (and, often, customers), in an attempt to provide early detection of the virus and stem its propagation. Fever, it was believed, was a reliable indicator of COVID-19 infection.
A few months later, some experts say that may not be too and another symptom is an earlier version, more consistent rangard: the loss of smell. Read more For more, and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
What symptom could come before fever?
Some coronavirus patients never develop a fever. But a new analysis of studies have shown that77% of coronavirus patients reports a loss of smell when they have been tested,ThePhiladelphia Inquirer reportedOn Monday.
"He is one of the first symptoms, and he certainly is earlier than fever," saidNancy Rawson,Biologist and associate director of the Monelll Chemical Sense Center in Philadelphia, who participated in the study. "The loss of smell alone predicts better than the diagnosis of fever. »
Rawson's company develops a perfume test, it hopes can be used for early detection of COVID. In the meantime, to test you at home, you can useScented articles like coffee, perfume, toothpaste, basil or rosemary, she says.
Other studies show common sense of loss of smell
"The temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is the main neurological symptom and one of the first and most frequently reported indicators of COVID-19,"reported HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL in late July. "Studies suggest that it better predicts the disease than other well-known symptoms such as fever and cough. »
The researchers have not determined exactly why coronavirus does that. It could be due to inflammation caused by the virus or the virusReceiver binding in the nosewho help the sense of smell.
Previous studies have also shown that loss of ability to detect odors is common with COVID-19. According to a study published in theAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, 64% of the patients surveyed reported coronavirus a loss of smell or taste, a CDC July investigation revealed that the symptom lasted eight days on average, but some people experience for weeks.
A long-term loss of smell or taste can be problematic because it can discourage patients eating, which could cause malnutrition.
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Other neurological symptoms have also reported
Understanding what is hiding behind Covid Anosmie could also help scientists unlock another mystery: why long-term neurological symptoms often accompany the coronavirus infection. A August study published in the LancetA new study published in theLancet found that 55% of people diagnosed with coronavirus had neurological symptoms three months after their diagnosis, including confusion, brain fog, personality changes, insomnia and loss of taste and / or smell.
As for you, do everything you can to prevent and spread Covid-19 in the first place: Mask, to test if you think you have coronavirus, crowds to avoid (and bars and private evenings), practice social distancing, only essential races, wash your hands regularly, frequently affected surfaces disinfect, and pass through this pandemic to your healthier, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.
