(WVLT / CBS) – The University of Southern California published research on the symptoms of COVID-19, and said that they often appear in a specific order.
CBS reported that the study, which was published in the medical journal Frontier Public Health, found the most likely sequence of symptoms is as follows: fever, then cough and muscle aches, followed by nausea and / or vomiting, and then diarrhea.
Researchers said that not all patients experience the same set of symptoms. USC researcher Peter Kuhn said understanding the sequence of symptoms can be helpful during “overlapping cycles of illness” such as the upcoming flu season.
“Physicians can determine what steps to take to care for the patient, and they can prevent the patient’s condition from deteriorating,” Kuhn said.
Researchers said they examined medical records and other data on more than 55,000 cases of coronavirus in China, collected over a span of nine days in February, 1,000 cases from December to January and compared their findings with data on more than 2,400 flu cases in northern China. America, Europe and the Southern Hemisphere from 1994 to 1998.
“It’s important to have this information,” Lahita said. “In addition to the things we all talk about, such as loss of smell and loss of taste, bloating – fever, cough, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting and then diarrhea are very good indicators of the fact that you may have COVID-19. “
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