- Fever isn’t always going to be an indication of infection with the novel coronavirus, new studies have revealed.
- Researchers from Europe and the US concluded that loss of smell is encountered more often in COVID-19 patients than fever.
- COVID-19 can’t be diagnosed by looking at symptoms alone, but some of the signs associated with the new disease might point physicians in the right direction.
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Fever, cough, and shortness of breath are thought of as the most common uncommon coronavirus symptoms, as we were told in the early days of the outbreak. Because of that, an actual test is needed to confirm infection with the novel coronavirus since fever, cough, and shortness of breath can also appear with other medical conditions, like the flu. As doctors obtained more data from COVID-19 patients, they started observing additional signs that can be associated with the infections. Muscle pain, chills, and sore throat can be indicative of COVID-19, but they’re still not unique enough to diagnose the illness. Then, we learned about some unusual symptoms. The sudden loss of smell and taste, neurological and cardiac manifestations, as well as skin lesions can all be caused by the novel coronavirus.
Researchers confirmed that the sudden loss of smell and taste is caused by the virus, and they have explained the phenomenon in great detail. But just as that happened, studies revealed that some of the symptoms we’ve been trained to look for might not be there. The list includes sore throat and fever, and a couple of new studies go on to say that fever is actually not a reliable indicator of a COVID-19 infection.
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