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Corona symptoms are as varied as they are unpredictable: some have only a mild cold, others have to be ventilated in the hospital. Until now it has not been possible to predict which symptoms point to which course. Now a new studio is set up to change that.
Scientists at King’s College London evaluated data from 1,653 patients and compared symptoms to course. Scientists’ findings make one feel and realize.
This makes diarrhea a danger
If you have a headache, loss of taste or a cold in the first five days without a high fever, the corona is usually mild, the researchers write in the study. Only about one percent of the patients had to be ventilated. With a high fever, the risk is 4.4 percent.
The most dangerous is diarrhea accompanied by abdominal pain and shortness of breath! With these first symptoms, one in four patients must be hospitalized and one in ten patients even needs ventilation. The same applies to sick people who were initially very exhausted or even confused.
The results help in the fight against Corona
The luck: according to the results of the research, scientists would have correctly predicted the course of up to 80 percent of those infected.
This could help the patient preventively. “Monitor sugar level and oxygen saturation or, if necessary, administer infusions,” the researchers said. (hac)
The researchers divided the symptoms into six groups:
- Cold-like illness without fever: Headache, loss of taste, pain in the extremities and chest, cough, and sore throat. Ventilation risk: 1.5 percent.
- Cold-like illness with fever: Fever and loss of appetite.
Ventilation risk: 4.4 percent. - Gastrointestinal type: Headache, loss of taste, loss of appetite, sore throat, chest pain.
Ventilation risk: 3.7 percent. - Type of depletion: Complete exhaustion combined with headache, loss of taste and fever.
Ventilation risk: 8.6 percent. - The type of confusion: Symptoms of exhaustion along with mental confusion.
Ventilation risk: 9.9 percent. - The abdominal-respiratory type: Diarrhea combined with shortness of breath, stomach pain, and fever.
Ventilation risk: 19.8 percent.
