Fever, fatigue, and dry cough. Headaches, sore throat, runny nose, diarrhea. These are the symptoms of a coronavirus. But in some cases, the disease proceeds with mild symptoms or no symptoms at all.
Coronavirus symptoms
At the initial stage, COVID-19 has the same symptoms as other acute respiratory diseases, warned the World Health Organization. The main symptoms of coronavirus: shortness of breath, dry cough, fever.
About 20% of all cases of diseases caused by coronavirus occur in severe form. And only 3% of patients need resuscitation care, according to the World Health Organization. Among the complications is pneumonia, which can be treated with a medication, which doctors will help.
There is no cure for the coronavirus itself. The World Health Organization is currently working on a vaccine. However, the director of the WHO’s program, Michael Ryan, on-air of the Air Force, has already stated that this will take at least a year.
“The disease caused by the new coronavirus cannot be called“ fatal, ”because mortality is 3.4%,” WHO writes on its official website in the section on the COVID-19 pandemic.
If I have a dry cough, do I need to immediately go to the doctor?
If you have a cough, runny nose, or other symptoms that resemble an acute respiratory viral infection, notify your doctor. It is better to do this over the phone or through the messenger, so that, if possible, not violate quarantine. The CDC recommendations: measure the temperature twice a day and monitor your general health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises staying home unless you can do without medical attention. If possible, isolate yourself from loved ones, wear a mask, wash your hands often and disinfect surfaces in the house. The WHO gives recommendations on how to wear a mask: do not use disposable masks repeatedly, do not touch the masks with your hands, change them regularly, do not lower them to the chin when eating or drinking — it is better to remove it immediately, and then replace it with a new one.
If the temperature rises to 38 and above, there is a fever, chest pain, persistent cough and shortness of breath, the CDC advises to seek emergency medical care and call 911.
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