CDC Adds 6 New Coronavirus Symptoms

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Forbes

Apr 26, 2020,10:20am EDT


Alexandra Sternlicht Forbes Staff
Updated Apr 26, 2020, 10:22am EDT

TOPLINE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added six new symptoms to its official list of COVID-19 symptoms Sunday, as the medical community continues to report new presentations of the virus and coalesces around a precise definition of the disease it causes.

KEY FACTS

On Sunday, the CDC officially added these six symptoms to its list: chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell, in addition to previously known symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.

The symptoms can appear two to 14 days after exposure to COVID-19, according to the guidelines.

In addition, the CDC described a set of emergency warning signs that should warrant immediate medical attention, including trouble breathing, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, new confusion or inability to arouse, bluish lips or face.


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[iluvtennis]

1. Thanks for the post. nt

[Joinfortmill]

2. Thank you

[RobinA]

3. Is This New?

I had heard all those things before.

[Judi Lynn]

11. I never saw these symptoms before reading this article:

In addition, the CDC described a set of emergency warning signs that should warrant immediate medical attention, including trouble breathing, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, new confusion or inability to arouse, bluish lips or face.

[Akakoji]

4. Yep

And not one of us treating patients can say that developing antibodies to this virus will do anything. It's also astonishing that diaarrhea has not been added. I have yet to see a patient that didn't have it for 2 to 3 days prior to being admitted.

[Judi Lynn]

12. Thanks for sharing your observation. n/t

[McCamy Taylor]

5. Why guess about hypoxia when you can get a pulse oximeter

and know for certain when you oxygen is dropping? Remember all those medical reports about patients with dangerously lo oxygen talking in their cell phones. If you are staying in bed, trying to get better, you will not know that you do not have enough oxygen until it is too late. It can also give you peace of mind.

Check out this report

https://digitalcommons.psjhealth.org/publications/2979/

Recently, we diagnosed an 88-year-old gentleman with COVID-19. He was clinically stable and chose to convalesce at home with telehealth monitoring. Using a digital thermometer and pulse oximeter he self-reported his data to nurses remotely watching over individuals in their homes. A couple days in, the patient's son called his nurse and said, "My dad seems short of breath." The nurse pulled up the patient's stats, noting his oxygen saturation was excellent, 98%. She reassured the son, "He is okay right now, how about if you keep checking in on him?" Dad took a nap and woke up feeling fine, and his O2 sat stayed completely normal. Having data in hand kept him safe and comfortable at home where he completely recovered, never needing a hospital bed.

[Akakoji]

9. That assumes that all clinical manifestations of Covid-19 are preceded or correlated with hypoxia

That, unfortunately, is not true. Certainly an oximeter is a useful tool if affordable, but as with the patients I treat in NYC few of them can afford them. This disease is devastating amongst the poor.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. Thanks for posting!

[rickford66]

7. One symptom is no symptoms.

[ancianita]

8. Thanks for your post.

[ffr]

10. How will any of us feel about a sore throat after this?

Unless there's a vaccine, life will not go on as usual.