Covid-19 resurgence: Experts highlight new symptoms of virus

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/17/2021 10:59:11 AM

Y B News S r in ag ar, Apr 16 A s t he sec ond w av e o f Covid-1 9 i s w i tn ess i ng a ste ep surge in Jammu an d K as hmir, e x pe r ts b elieve th a t peo ple ne ed to rem ain more vigila nt g i v ing th e chan g e in the p a ttern o f symptom s to dete ct t he viru s . F o r m er Dir ec tor SK IMS a nd re nown ed Gast rologist D r M oh amm ad Sultan K hu roo w hile t a l kin g wi th media apart from the spik e i n th e case s, t he cha nge in t he patt er n o f sympt o m s is als o , a ne w ch a llenge t o tac kle. " In t he f i rst wave, t he common s y m p toms we re cou g h, c o l d, fe v er an d sore th roat, re d ton g ue a nd other m i ld sym p to ms re l a te d t o re spirat o ry infe ctions but no w adays the c o m mon sy mp to m s are abdomina l pain, diarr hoe a, wea kn es s , eyeball pain an d e v en vomiting ," Khu ro o said. Khu ro o sa i d the ga s troint estina l s y mpt o ms are bec o m i ng a co m m o n problem in s everal Covid-1 9 c as es. "In ma ny suc h cases, y our n o zzle an d R T P C R t es t c an s how you nega tive for Covid-19 bu t you can s till h a v e th e virus ," he said. On how to detect the virus wit h new s ym ptoms, Kh uroo said t hat i f a pat i ent ha s l un g dise ase and h i s CT s can sho w s typical appe ar ance wh i ch are no t seen in o ther disea ses, " i t me a ns a p a tie nt h a s co nt ract ed covid - 19 i nfect i on." "As you nge r p eople a r e nowadays b ei ng t est ed p o sitiv e for C o v i d-19 , most ofte n th e vi rus is un - a b l e to penetr a te th e l un g s, so it a f f ec ts o th er p a rts of t he b o d y w hic h the n s ho ws sympto ms like tiredn ess , l et hargy, body ac he an d fatigue ," he said. Se nior doc tors at SMHS and CD h os p i tal said t hat i n ar o un d 2 0 per cent case s, ther e i s c old a nd f ever wh i ch ma kes it difficult t o diag nose the viru s, w hile new sympt oms l i ke d ia rrhoea, v o m i tin g, a b - d ominal pa in are co mmon nowa d ay s . Dr Khu r sh ee d Ahmad a p ulm on ologist a CD hospital t o l d K N O th at the fre - q uen cy of c a se s hav e in - cre as ed a nd gast r ointe s tinal sym p to m s

 

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