At first you might think it's a cold and it could be but Covid-19 could escalate here's what you need to know according to the World Health Organization China joint mission on Covid-19 as of February 20th 80 % of laboratory confirmed cases were mild to moderate 14% were severe and 6% were critical just to be clear a mild case of CO fit 19 is not like a mild cold the symptoms will still be pretty severe anything less than needing oxygen puts you in this category severe cases do need supplemental oxygen and important ones are defined by respiratory or multi organ failure the symptoms treatments and timelines of getting the disease vary counting on which category patients fall into so let's break down what having Covid-19 looks like day to day for each level of severity it can take as few as 2 or as many as 14 days after being exposed to the novel coronavirus for the first symptom to develop this is when it might feel like a cold or the common flu many patients develop fevers early on the
World Health Organization China joint mission saw that about 88 percent of people who had Covid-19 had a fever another study out of China showed that while only 44 percent of patients had a fever on admission to a hospital 89 percent eventually developed one but there have been some cases that led with gastrointestinal symptoms diarrhea nausea vomiting and/or abdominal discomfort may appear a couple of days before respiratory symptoms this isn't the norm though because Covid-19 is a respiratory disease meaning for many patients the virus will start and end with the lungs within the youth of infection the virus invades lung cells specifically this will damage the cilia the hairlike projections that move around to keep Airways clear of mucous and debris when cells get infected they die and shed off adding to the debris and hindering your body's ability to stay stuff out of the lungs and trachea the inflammation causes damage and damage causes more inflammation and this cycle could continue until there's no healthy tissue left and inflammation might explain why a dry cough is one of the most common symptoms same goes for shortness of breath and phlegm production other symptoms that can appear around this time are fatigue sore throat headache joint or muscle pain chills and a runny nose by day five patients with pre-existing conditions might find that they have trouble breathing and it always takes about seven days for an individual to travel to a hospital mild cases though usually clear up by this point but those with moderate to critical cases will have developed pneumonia which may range from non-life threatening to severe recovery time for these patients might be anywhere from a couple of days to weeks for some severe and critical cases though symptoms can escalate into acute respiratory distress syndrome a RDS is an illness that happens when fluid builds up in the lungs inflammation triggers a flood of immune cells that are meant to focus on the infection they're usually isolated to infected areas but sometimes the body goes overboard which is when the immune cells start killing anything in their path including healthy cells a RDS is often fatal in critical cases it can lead to respiratory failure requiring advanced life support and
this is most likely when patients head to the ICU a RDS treatment includes supplemental oxygen and mechanical ventilation the goal is to get more oxygen into the bloodstream since the lungs can't when this treatment doesn't work the lungs are basically too flooded to get any oxygen into your bloodstream that's the cause of most Covid-19 deaths and even when a patient survives this phase they could be left with permanent lung damage SARS punched holes and some infected people's lungs giving them a honeycomb effect and these lesions have been seen in people affected by the novel coronavirus too early studies found that most people who die of the disease will do so within 14 to 19 days and on the average people that recover are released from the hospital after two and a half weeks but with the foremost critical cases recovery could take months once a patient is within the recovery period it's possible that they might still be contagious these people should work with their doctors and public health officials to work out when they're no longer a risk as of now there is no vaccine for the virus so the best way to avoid getting sick is to avoid being exposed Covid-19 spreads easily from person to person through coughing and sneezing so wash your hands often and avoid close contact with people that are sick and clean and disinfect surfaces that you simply use daily Covid-19 should be taken seriously but most cases are survivable so stay home stay clean and don't panic...
World Health Organization China joint mission saw that about 88 percent of people who had Covid-19 had a fever another study out of China showed that while only 44 percent of patients had a fever on admission to a hospital 89 percent eventually developed one but there have been some cases that led with gastrointestinal symptoms diarrhea nausea vomiting and/or abdominal discomfort may appear a couple of days before respiratory symptoms this isn't the norm though because Covid-19 is a respiratory disease meaning for many patients the virus will start and end with the lungs within the youth of infection the virus invades lung cells specifically this will damage the cilia the hairlike projections that move around to keep Airways clear of mucous and debris when cells get infected they die and shed off adding to the debris and hindering your body's ability to stay stuff out of the lungs and trachea the inflammation causes damage and damage causes more inflammation and this cycle could continue until there's no healthy tissue left and inflammation might explain why a dry cough is one of the most common symptoms same goes for shortness of breath and phlegm production other symptoms that can appear around this time are fatigue sore throat headache joint or muscle pain chills and a runny nose by day five patients with pre-existing conditions might find that they have trouble breathing and it always takes about seven days for an individual to travel to a hospital mild cases though usually clear up by this point but those with moderate to critical cases will have developed pneumonia which may range from non-life threatening to severe recovery time for these patients might be anywhere from a couple of days to weeks for some severe and critical cases though symptoms can escalate into acute respiratory distress syndrome a RDS is an illness that happens when fluid builds up in the lungs inflammation triggers a flood of immune cells that are meant to focus on the infection they're usually isolated to infected areas but sometimes the body goes overboard which is when the immune cells start killing anything in their path including healthy cells a RDS is often fatal in critical cases it can lead to respiratory failure requiring advanced life support and
this is most likely when patients head to the ICU a RDS treatment includes supplemental oxygen and mechanical ventilation the goal is to get more oxygen into the bloodstream since the lungs can't when this treatment doesn't work the lungs are basically too flooded to get any oxygen into your bloodstream that's the cause of most Covid-19 deaths and even when a patient survives this phase they could be left with permanent lung damage SARS punched holes and some infected people's lungs giving them a honeycomb effect and these lesions have been seen in people affected by the novel coronavirus too early studies found that most people who die of the disease will do so within 14 to 19 days and on the average people that recover are released from the hospital after two and a half weeks but with the foremost critical cases recovery could take months once a patient is within the recovery period it's possible that they might still be contagious these people should work with their doctors and public health officials to work out when they're no longer a risk as of now there is no vaccine for the virus so the best way to avoid getting sick is to avoid being exposed Covid-19 spreads easily from person to person through coughing and sneezing so wash your hands often and avoid close contact with people that are sick and clean and disinfect surfaces that you simply use daily Covid-19 should be taken seriously but most cases are survivable so stay home stay clean and don't panic...
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