Symptoms of COVID-19 and Day to Day Severity
Some of the most frequent symptoms of COVID-19 is:
- Fever
- Dry Cough
- Fatigue
- Loss of taste and smell
- Nasal Congestion
- Conjunctivitis
- Sore throat
- Headache
- Nausea
- Diarrhoea
- Chills and Dizziness
- Loss of appetite
- Pain or pressure in the chest
- High Temperatures(Fever above 38 degrees Celsius)
- Shortness of breath
Day 1: 88% of the people have Fever and Fatigue. Often people also have muscle pain and a dry cough. Around 10% of the people experience symptoms like diarrhea and nausea before the fever starts to take place.
Day 2-Day 4 : During these couple of days, the fever and cough continues.
Day 5: Difficulty in breathing starts to occur and it is most likely to take place for patients with pre- existing medical conditions.
Day 6: Difficulty in breathing, cough and also fever continues. Some people also describe it as chest tightening or as if a band was around their chest.
Day 7: On this day people experience continuous chest pain, shortness of breath and bluish lips or face and they are often admitted to a hospital in this phase.
People who are less symptomatic will most likely see their symptoms start to reduce and get better.
Day 8-Day 9: 15% of the people develop of ARDs (Accurate Respiratory distress syndrome). ARDs happens when fluid builds up in your alveoli inside your lungs.
Day 10-Day 11: Breathing difficulties worsen and patients are usually moved to ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
Day 12: Fever ends for most of the patients but cough still persists.
Day 13-14: For all the survivors, most of the symptoms tend to end.
Websites used for Reference:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/coronavirus-how-covid-19-progresses-day-by-day-breakdown-symptoms/YRC3CCK2NFD2THIYJHT35447AU/
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