This symptom coronavirus witness becomes less common, says the doctor
Once the most common covid symptom, doctors now see that in less patients than ever.
One of the time-teltaleSigns of coronavirus is seen less often by medical professionals. Although fever was at one time a common occurrence in coronavirus patients, many COVID people are now admitted to hospitals without a high temperature.
According to a June review of published research inPlos a, Out of 24,410 patients whose symptoms have been cataloged in 138 studies,78 percent reported fever as one of their symptomsThe most frequently reported symptoms of coronavirus at the time. Demographic data for coronavirus patients havestarted to bias younger From the pandemic began with half close toNew cases of coronavirus In some widespread states among people between 18 and 35 and now their symptoms also change.
"Young people often come in now a bit of our surprise, without a fever, and thatabdominal pain seems to affect them a little more, "William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University, said WGN9.
Unfortunately, the absence of this previously widespread symptom can make it more difficult to contain long-term disease.
"This virus can make a variety of damage to you, the lack of symptoms, benign symptoms, [to] a larger collection of symptoms," said Schaffner.
Thosewithout fever or other common symptoms of the virus could be less likely to take strict precautions against spread to others, which might cause outbreaks to proliferate. According to a report published in JulyActs of the National Academy of Sciences, Up to 48 percent of coronavirus cases are likely to bepropagation by people who are either pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic.
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Some doctors say that, in the light of new information on the frequency of fever is reported in coronavirus cases, medical experts may want to re-evaluate the way they screen for the virus. "SinceFever has been reported in about 30 percent of cases In a study in New York, it is possible that humans, we have seized fever as a symptom that is easily quantifiable and gives us the assurance we have either Covid or not, "says the doctorLeann Poston, MD, Medical Invigor. "We think we can the screen with confidence, although this insurance is wrong. »
In the meantime, fever showing less often as a sign that someone is infected, as a resultCDC guidelines issued is more important than ever, including washing hands, practice social distance, and wearing a mask in public, the latter of which alone canReduce your risk of transmission up to 65 percent. And if you are worried, you can be infected,25 percent of patients coronavirus this disturbing symptom.
