We all know that there are three Coronavirus symptoms that the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization identify as the key to diagnosing infection.
That is, fever, dry cough and severe tiredness, with a sense of muscle fatigue and breathing difficulties.

Subsequently there is the risk that these symptoms may be accompanied by pneumonia.

In recent days, however , a study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology found a fourth symptom that affects half of Coronavirus patients. That is intestinal problems.

According to the report, as many as 103 infected patients out of 204 hospitalized reported gastrointestinal problems, ranging from diarrhea to nausea. The study was conducted in China, comparing data from 3 hospitals from different regions including Wuhan. What we know was the center of the Chinese epidemic.

CORONAVIRUS COMMON DIGESTIVE SYMPTOMS

In nearly half of the patients who complained of gastrointestinal problems, the most common symptom was a lack of appetite due to nausea, followed by diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pains.

But there is a more alarming figure that can be read at the end of the report.

Patients who complained of intestinal problems were also those in which a longer worsening time from the first symptoms was observed compared to patients who did not have these symptoms.

That is, patients without intestinal symptoms tended to worsen within 7 days of the onset of the first symptoms.
Those with intestinal problems in more than 9 days. In addition, those with intestinal problems also had more altered liver values ​​and blood clotting times.

Ultimately, the researchers ask not to underestimate intestinal symptoms as the onset of the virus and to take all necessary precautions and avoid going out.