Symptoms of Covid-19 , What are the new ones reported recently?

Since the beginning of covid-19 pandemic, people were dealing with the new Coronavirus, facing many difficulties and challenges. It was difficult to discover the invisible and deadly new virus, and find out how our lives are at risk. Hundreds of millions lost their work and income, due to the measures taken to face the epidemic, that disrupted the lives of people in various ways, and threatened their livelihoods. Therefore, you must be aware of how Coronavirus is transmitted, in order to avoid infection. Also you have to know Symptoms of Covid-19, so as once you  have any, you  can seek early medical assistance. 

Although the traditional symptoms have become known to many of us, there are other non-traditional or unusual symptoms discovered every now and then. In a recent study, researchers found new strange symptoms seen with Covid-19 patients.

How COVID-19 virus Affects You?

Covid-19 affects people in many different ways, and because the disease is only recently discovered, we still don’t know much about it. Now and then, research and studies come out with new information and new details. One of which is the emergence of symptoms that were not known before. What are these newly discovered symptoms of Covid-19 disease?

Symptoms of Covid-19

The disease may affect any person, and symptoms may vary widely in terms of severity and duration, from one patient to another. Symptoms of Covid-19 range from mild to severe ones, with some patients needing intensive care units.

After one year, since the start of the epidemic, we have solid knowledge now about the main symptoms that are related to Covid-19 disease. Here are some of the more commonsymptoms of COVID-19:

 – Fever

 – dry cough

 – Sore throat

 – Runny and stuffy nose

 – Chest pain and shortness of breath

 – fatigue

New symptoms of Covid-19 were published recently, by a recent study. They are very different from the traditional ones!

New symptoms of Covid-19

According to a recent  study, published in scientific journals and media, three new symptoms have been seen, which may be considered early indicators of COVID-19.

According to the study, conducted at La Paz University Hospital in Spain in Madrid, signs appeared on the patient’s tongue, hands and feet that could indicate infection. The study was conducted on 666 patients infected with Covid-19 virus at the hospital in Madrid. Researchers found that one in four patients, (25%) complained of tongue swelling, a burning sensation in the palm of the hand, and redness on the soles of the feet.

Covid Tongue

The symptoms that were observed during the study, were caused by a severe injury in the mouth, causing mouth swelling, white spots on the tongue and inflammation in the oral cavity. The new symptoms, (ulcers and inflammation of the tongue and mouth), were called “Covid Tongue”.

Researchers recorded that approximately 15% of those patients, also complained of burning and redness in the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet, with  small red spots in the same areas. 

A professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London in the United Kingdom, said that many Covid-19 patients reported to him that they had problems in the mouth, such as discoloration and enlargement of the tongue.

He said in a tweet: “I see an increasing number of people with Covid-19 who have strange mouth ulcers. My mail is full of pictures of tongues from people suffering from tongue problems that coincided with symptoms of Covid disease, such as fever and fatigue”.

According to him, 35% of people with Covid-19 suffered from unusual symptoms in the first three days of infection, such as a rash, redness of the toes, many of those symptoms were ignored.

It should be noted that the US Center for Disease Control, (CDC), did not include the appearance of symptoms such as swollen or discolored tongues among the symptoms of Covid-19.

Sources:

– https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210129/covid-tongue-may-be-a-symptom-professor-says
– Twitter: @timspector, Jan. 13, 2021; Jan. 22, 2021.
– https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-tongue-may-be-another-coronavirus-symptom-british-researcher-suggests-n1256078
– https://www.euronews.com/2021/02/01/covid-tongue-mouth-ulcers-or-rashes-likely-a-coronavirus-symptom-says-expert
– https://uk.news.yahoo.com/covid-tongue-mouth-ulcers-rashes-113554749.html