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The flu usually leads to a dry cough, and a cold tends to cause a slight cough. However, you can have any of the four conditions without cough. How do RSV, COVID, cold, and flu symptoms differ?
Like many during the coronavirus pandemic — which has made more than nine million people sick, and killed at least 469,000 worldwide, the New York Times reported Monday night — I’ve been ...
While a cough can be a sign of many illnesses (your run-of-the-mill cold, for one), it’s also a common symptom that people experience after coming down with COVID-19, according to Luci Leykum ...
However, the absence of the symptom itself at an initial screening does not rule out COVID-19. Fever in the first week of a COVID-19 infection is part of the body's natural immune response; however in severe cases, if the infections develop into a cytokine storm the fever is counterproductive. As of September 2020, little research had focused ...
Most cases are mild and do not need hospital care, however, some COVID infections will lead to viral pneumonia and the failure of the respiratory or other body systems. [2] [8] For those cases, hospitalization is frequently needed for breathing support, with oxygen or a mechanical ventilator, along with therapy to support the circulatory system, kidneys, and other body systems.
Most cases of COVID-19 are not severe enough to require mechanical ventilation or alternatives, but a percentage of cases are. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] Some of the people acutely ill with COVID-19 experience deterioration of their lungs and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and/or respiratory failure.
The researchers found that both people who had COVID-19 or another respiratory infection since May 2020 were more likely to have lingering symptoms than people who didn’t have either infection.
The transmission of COVID-19 is the passing of coronavirus disease 2019 from person to person. COVID-19 is mainly transmitted when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets/aerosols and small airborne particles containing the virus. Infected people exhale those particles as they breathe, talk, cough, sneeze, or sing.