Scientists found atypical symptoms COVID-19

Coronavirus is otherwise manifested in the elderly. This conclusion was reached by scientists from the University of East Anglia, who analyzed the course of the disease in patients of nursing homes who are at increased risk of developing severe forms of COVID-19. The materials of the study are published on the portal of preprints of scientific articles. medRxiv See also: Another probable consequence is named COVID-19 So, it turned out that a large number of such patients carry the disease asymptomatically or they have atypical signs of the disease. Observations were conducted from April to June. Testing for COVID-19 yielded a positive result in 103 of the 518 patients examined. At the same time, only 38% of patients at the time of the test recorded typical symptoms of coronavirus: cough, fever, loss of smell. Also on the topic: Ophthalmologists warned of a new symptom of coronavirus infection. In 54 people, symptoms were either absent or began to appear only within two weeks after the test. At the same time, many infected felt malaise and a general state of ill health, which scientists attributed to atypical symptoms of COVID-19. According to the news agency, earlier scientists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Campinas found that people with a negative rhesus factor are more at risk of contracting coronavirus infection and carry the disease more severely than people with a positive rhesus factor.