Symptoms / coronavirus: fever, dizziness, cough: doctors also observe skin changes

April 24 update: foot rash and dark spots – new coronavirus symptom detected

Medical professionals around the world discovered a mysterious new symptom of coronavirus infection: Some patients develop itchy bruises and rashes on the toes, and sometimes on the fingers.. These signs would have occurred especially in children and adolescents in the early phase of the disease *, as reported in the image.

The international association of podiatrists published on its website the report of the case of a 13-year-old boy from Italy who hired Covid-19. The changes in the dark skin on the toes initially puzzled doctors. However, a connection to coronavirus infection was quickly established, also because other scientists published similar observations. The scientists also reported a comparable case from Thailand in the journal of dermatologists JAAD. An Italian study cited by the image even concludes that about one in five patients hospitalized with Covid-19 shows changes in the skin of the toes.. The skin lesions would be similar to those that also have chickenpox or measles. A comparison with freezing is also mentioned. Dark spots can be accompanied by an itchy rash and in some cases turn into scabs. Until now, doctors have been unable to conclusively determine why skin changes occur.

April 20 update: Wuhan researchers test nervous system damage of 19 Covid patients

The coronavirus not only affects the lungs, bronchi, and other organs of the respiratory tract, but also affects the nervous system: Chinese researchers come to this conclusion. Neurologist Ling Mao of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and his team examined 214 patients with coronavirus to see if the virus infection also affected the nervous system. In fact, doctors observed neurological complaints that increased with the severity of coronavirus infection..

36 patients experienced dizziness, 28 infected suffered from headaches, twelve people noticed taste disorders and eleven patients could no longer smell as well as before with Covid-19.. Six Covid-19 patients (2.8 percent) had a stroke *. The loss of sense of smell and taste that many patients reported prior to the study has already suggested that doctors suspect the brain is involved in a coronavirus infection. But there are still few research results in this area: “Until now, there have been very few examinations of the brains of crown patients. We are still in the dark.” He quotes the infectologist from the Bernd Salzberger outbreak at the Regensburg University Hospital.

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April 10, 2020 update: Corona viruses are active in the air for up to three hours

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine concludes that coronaviruses can already be transmitted to others through the air we breathe. American scientists concluded that coronaviruses are not only transmitted by large droplets, such as those caused by coughs and sneezes – they also rise into the air through the fine mist that everyone exhales when they exhale. There they can be infectious for up to three days.according to the results of the EE researchers. USA

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Update March 31, 2020 – New Coronavirus Symptom Discovered

According to the British portal Mirror, doctors in New York have discovered another symptom in a patient with coronavirus. Patients usually feel bored, have a cough and fever, some have body aches, diarrhea, runny nose, or headache. Doctors are now observing the patient at a hospital in the Brooklyn district of New York Heart attack * similar signs.

The patient suffered Irregular heartbeat, the doctors also found a high level in his blood Proportion of troponin protein. – two characteristic signs of a heart attack. However, tests showed that the man did not have a heart attack, but was infected with the coronavirus. The patient recovered after twelve days in the hospital. Dr. John Rumsefeld, Director of Science and Quality at the American College of Cardiology, told the New York Times: “We thought about the lungs … Then suddenly, we heard about possible direct effects on the heart.”

The case occurred shortly after a study by researchers at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. The study showed that coronavirus can cause heart damage even in patients without underlying heart disease. Dr. Mohammad Madjid, who led the study, said: “It is likely that the Heart muscle can be affected by coronavirus disease without previous heart disease. In general, cardiac muscle injury can occur in any patient with or without heart disease, but the risk is higher for those who already have heart disease. “

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03/28/2020 update: permanent damage after coronavirus infection

According to virologist Christian Drosten, there is now also evidence that patients suffering from Covid-19 disease sustained permanent damage *. Many patients, and especially those with more severe courses, were still weakened more than a month after hospital discharge, according to Drosten on the NDR podcast. “And lung function doesn’t seem to be good, either, after surviving a serious infection.”

Covid-19: up to three days before first symptoms, risk of coronavirus infection already exists

Update March 27, 2020: A study by scientists led by Gabriel Leung of the WHO Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology indicates that humans already do two to three days can be contagious before the first signs of the disease appear. The researchers presented their results on the “MedRxiv” prepress server, an online archive for previously unpublished medical research contributions.

After examining 94 Covid-19 patients and 77 cases of Sars-CoV-2 pathogen transmission, the researchers concluded that 44 percent of transmissions could take place before the first symptoms of the disease. Scientists found the highest viral load in throat swabs when symptoms started. Therefore, the authors believe that The risk of infection was higher the day the first symptoms appeared, or even two or three days before.

The Incubation period, the time between infection and the onset of disease, according to the RKI on average five to six days. However, the range is from one to 14 days. Furthermore, a study of nine people found that reproductive viruses are present in the throat for up to four days after the onset of symptoms – in sputum even until the eighth day after.

In general, it would be around 80 percent of diseases are “mild to moderate”, 14 percent difficult and six percent critical.

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Update March 19, 2020: Virologist discovers new signs of infection

In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Hendrik Streeck, a specialist in virology and epidemiology of infections, described the new symptoms he had observed in Covid 19 patients: “Almost all the infected people we interviewed, and this applies to about two-thirds, described a loss of smell and taste that lasted for several days.. It goes so far that a mother cannot smell her child’s full diaper. “Streeck is director of the Institute of Virology and HIV Research at the University of Bonn School of Medicine. He had more than 100 with Sars-CoV-2 A People infected at the hospital were asked about their complaints, and the loss of smell and taste was more likely to occur at a later stage of a coronavirus infection, Streeck says.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the new lung disease is called Covid-19. The pathogen, a special coronavirus, received its own name: Sars-CoV-2. The consequences of an infection can be drastic: there have already been 211,350 deaths worldwide. According to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University, 158,758 people in Germany have contracted the coronavirus *. Currently 6,126 deaths are reported across the country. 114,500 people are considered healthy again. (As of April 28, 2020)

Coronavirus: an overview of symptoms

The virus spreads not only in China, but also in other countries like Thailand, USA. USA Or South Korea, and the number of patients * is also increasing in Germany *. It is reasonable to assume that a large number of infected people have contracted the virus at an animal market in Wuhan. However, some infected people had not visited the market, That is why Imperial College London cautioned against viewing the virus as non-communicable, which should be a correct assessment.

Coronavirus news ticker: number of infected people rises dramatically – EU Agency with bleak outlook

It has now been shown that the virus can be transmitted from person to person. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) advises avoiding contact with sick people and visiting risk areas. These include Italy, Iran, the Spanish city of Madrid, the state of Tirol in Austria, the states of California in the United States, as well as New York and the Hubei province in China, and also Germany. The OMS
has declared the coronavirus epidemic an international health emergency and has classified the new disease as a pandemic since March 11, 2020 –
a whole plague of the country.

The following symptoms may indicate coronavirus infection:

In severe cases, infection with Sars-CoV-2 can lead to Pneumonia come.

According to the World Health Organization. Fever and dry cough. The most common symptoms of Sars-CoV-2 infection. Fatigue and cough phlegm follow shortness of breath, headache, and sore throat:

Also read: Dr. Sabine Kurz, doctor of a practice group at Aying near Munich, is infected with the corona virus *. The practice was closed. An interview with the infected.

Symptoms: strong similarity between Corona and SARS viruses

According to the editorial network Germany Virus researcher Christian Drosten found a close connection between the currently spreading corona virus and SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome. Infectious disease manifests itself in the form of atypical pneumonia, which can be fatal.

Corona virus is transmitted like the SARS virus Droplet infection*, which is why cough and sneeze patients are at high risk of infection. According to the Robert Koch Institute, the incubation period (time between infection and onset of illness) should be up to 14 days.

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Insidious Coronavirus Infection Remedy: How to Protect Yourself

Since the new type of virus has not yet been fully investigated, there is still no uniform treatment recommendation. However, due to the similarity to the SARS virus, it is reasonable to assume that with coronavirus * infection, as with SARS, only side effects can be alleviated. Medications that make the virus harmless (not yet) don’t exist, and there’s no vaccine *. However, Thai doctors have been very successful in symptomatic treatment *.

The Prevention It is extremely important to avoid contagion. Doctors recommend:

Sources: www.tagesschau.de; www.swr3.de; www.rnd.de; www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de; www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de; www.rki.de; www.experience.arcgis.com; www.rki.de/Steckbrief; https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html; www.faz.de

More about the subject: This is how the Munich airport is prepared. Also due to the many unknown variables, a number of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus are spreading mainly on the Internet. You can find an overview here. Good news from Australia: Researchers have made “significant progress”. In the United States, researchers have developed a mobile test device that can be attached to smartphones and diagnose infectious diseases. BMW informed its employees in Munich on Monday (March 2) of a first confirmed case of coronavirus. Those affected feel overloaded and poorly cared for. No one feels really responsible * and is only referred from one direct line to another.

Also read: The corona virus has also reached the upper Bavarian district of Freising. There are now more than 50 infected people. All information here on the Coronavirus ticker.

Coronavirus is also spreading in Lower Saxony *: events are being canceled and the state is working to establish regional testing centers.

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