Scientists finally explained one of the strangest coronavirus symptoms

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Scientists have looked at how the novel coronavirus behaves inside an artificial small intestine organoid made from stem cells.
The new study reveals that the virus can infect some gastrointestinal cells in the same way it infects lung cells.
These findings could explain the diarrhea and nausea that some COVID-19 patients experience, and the research could be used to determine whether fecal-oral transmission is a cause of concern.
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One of the qualities of the novel coronavirus that makes it so dangerous is that it doesn’t have many specific symptoms that are telltale signs of an infection. Instead, the most common symptoms include signs that present with other viral infections, including the flu. Fever, cough, and shortness of breath might make you think you’ve been infected, but it can be something else entirely. The sudden loss of taste or smell is the closest thing we have to a telltale COVID-19 symptom, but it doesn’t present itself in all those infected.

Other symptoms that can appear in COVID-19 cases can include sore throat, headache, muscle pain, and chills, but these can also develop in other conditions. Then there are gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhea and vomiting. The CDC doesn’t include them in the list of COVID-19 symptoms but does mention that children might experience them. These gastrointestinal symptoms are unusual for respiratory diseases, but researchers have finally explained why it happens.

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