Coronavirus: Digestive Problems May Be The First Symptom

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A new study warns that if you feel discomfort in the digestive system it could be the first sign that you have coronavirus ! According to the American Journal of Gastroenterology, almost half of the patients hospitalized in China's ground zero where Covid-19 first emerged, had previously suffered from stomach problems.

The investigations assure, according to the New York Post, that almost half of the people who were admitted (48% of the 204 patients in the study) complained of suffering problems derived from the digestive system, such as diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Only a few cases complained in principle of respiratory problems, which until now is the most widespread symptom of this virulent disease.

This information will be very useful to doctors, since being a symptom prior to the difficulty in breathing, it will be possible to detect patients earlier and take appropriate measures faster. A quick diagnosis will lead to immediate isolation and this will also be of great help in slowing down the spread of this relentless epidemic.

"Doctors must assume that these digestive symptoms, such as diarrhea, may be a warning for Covid-19," the researchers concluded, adding that doctors should not "wait for respiratory symptoms to emerge" to take action.

This revealing study comes now that the pandemic has spread to more than three hundred thousand people around the world and caused more than 12,000 deaths since it was first released in Wuhan last December.

In Europe, Italy and Spain are at the moment the countries most hit by Covid-19 and it has led all citizens of both countries to a fierce quarantine, forced by their governments and under police surveillance.