Coronavirus: overview of typical symptoms

• Fever
• dry cough)
• Exhaustion
• Runny nose
• Respiratory problems
• Sore throat
• Headache and body aches.
• Sickness
• Diarrhea
• Shaking chills

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The most common symptoms of coronavirus infection.

However, the aforementioned complaints can also occur with a normal cold or flu and are therefore not always significant. However, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has used the already available data from nearly 56,000 people in China to produce statistics on which symptoms occur most frequently in the context of COVID-19. The most important indicator of the coronavirus is acute. Fever, with a frequency of around 85%. Then continue dry cough, who complained about 64% of those affected. On the other hand, other symptoms with less than 20% each should not be considered significant. According to the RKI, the possibility of collecting data in Germany is still limited. However, it was determined from the cases already reported that 58% suffered from cough, 43% from fever and 38% from those who had a runny nose.

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Surprise! In Sweden headaches stand out

Headaches Highlight New Numbers, and Possibly New Ideas, About SARS-CoV-2 and Its Most Common Symptoms are Now Coming Out in Sweden In a study by the Swedish Health Service that involved the Swedish army, researchers examined complaints under which people infected with a crown in the previous two weeks suffered his (positive) test and under which in the remaining 24 hours before.

The surprising result: 73 percent of all those who tested positive suffered headaches, followed by a cold (72.4%), fatigue (58.1%), body aches (45.2%), sore throat (44.9%), diarrhea (42.1%), fever (40.5%) and cough (40.0%). As mentioned, the information relates to Period of up to two weeks before the test. – so you should also have a headache as a possible early crown symptom on the back of the head.

At 24 hours before the test The list of reported complaints was somewhat different: Most infected people reported runny nose (67.3%), headache (47.9%), loss of smell (36.1%), cough (32.3%), and diarrhea (30.0 %).

The trap with the study: its small number of participants. Finally, less than 700 people were evaluated in Corona, 680 of them negative and 18 positive. The frequency of symptoms described above is based on a very small data set. The clear prominence of headaches is still remarkable, on the other hand, headaches occur much more frequently in everyday life than the other symptoms. The whole study (in Swedish) is here. The Swedish Department of Health has announced that it will be conducting a second series of tests nationwide with significantly more subjects these days.

What should I do if I feel sick?

Contact the doctor by phone

If you have symptoms, consult your family doctor in any case. But please do not sit in the waiting room with a cough and fever, but first report by phone. It is then up to the physician to decide whether a directed test for the crown is ultimately sensible and necessary.

Heroic actions are now inappropriate

It is better not to go to work with sharp complaints: in the current situation there is no time for heroic acts and you will not expect it either. Rather, protecting your own immediate environment, and if it’s only precautionary when in doubt and doesn’t end with Corona, it takes precedence!

I have no complaints, can I still have Corona?

Infection with the coronavirus is actually completely symptom-free. Then, it was only infected with the pathogen SARS-CoV-2, which does not necessarily have to cause symptoms. But be careful: you can still infect others.

There is a particularly high risk of infection if you have had physical contact with a person who has been found to be infected or if you have recently been in an area called risk with a particularly large number of people infected with corona. These currently include, for example, China, Italy, the capital of Spain, Madrid, Alsace or parts of Austria. The RKI has published an overview of current risk areas and advises anyone returning from a corresponding country or region to remain in quarantine for 14 days. This also makes sense, as this is the only way to prevent the invisible spread of the pathogen by people without symptoms, but still infected. So go inside yourself and think about whether one of the above points applies to you and act accordingly. If this is not the case, there is no acute reason to assume an infection, but of course it is never completely excluded.

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Don’t panic, but listen to your body!

The spread of the coronavirus in the world will probably continue to dominate our daily lives in the near future. In the current situation, it only helps to act wisely and, above all, with consideration towards other human beings and, therefore, make your own contribution to reduce the speed of diffusion.

There’s no reason to panic, so far 80 percent of all crown infections have been mild, according to the Robert Koch Institute. However, you should stay informed and listen to your own body a little more carefully. If you feel sick, see your doctor, stay home, and take care of yourself and your humans.