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== Mild COVID-19 == The phrases '''''mild symptoms''''' and '''''mild or moderate cases''''' have commonly been used to decribe any patients not in need of urgent hospitalisation during the pandemic,<ref>{{Cite news |url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-probably-have-a-mild-to-moderate-case-of-covid-19-i-dont-think-i-could-survive-worse/2020/03/24/740b4d10-6de2-11ea-a3ec-70d7479d83f0_story.html | title = Opinion: I probably have a ‘mild to moderate’ case of covid-19. I don’t think I could survive worse. | last = von Drehle | first = David | date = Mar 24, 2020|work=Washington Post | access-date = 2020-10-12| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/07/28/nisreen-a-alwan-what-exactly-is-mild-covid-19/ | title = What exactly is mild covid-19? | last = Alwan | first = Nisreen A | author-link = Nisreen Alwan | date = 2020-07-28 | website = The BMJ|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2020-10-12}}</ref> yet considerable numbers of patients with COVID-19 who were considered mild or moderate cases were extremely ill or developed [[Long COVID|long-term symptoms]] which prevented any return to work or normal life.<ref name="Navabi2020">{{Cite journal | title = Long covid: How to define it and how to manage it | last = Nabavi | first = Nikki | url = https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3489 | date = Sep 7, 2020 | journal = BMJ | volume = 370 | pages = bmj.m3489}}</ref><ref name="long-haulers-redefining">{{Cite news |url =https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/long-haulers-covid-19-recognition-support-groups-symptoms/615382/ | title = Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19 | last = Yong | first = Ed | date = Aug 19, 2020|work=The Atlantic | access-date = 2020-08-21| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | issn=1072-7825|quote=}}</ref><ref name="BBClongcovid6m">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-54106073</ref> {{See also|Long COVID|Long COVID|Post-COVID-19 illness|Post-COVID illness||}} === Common Symptoms === * [[fever]] * [[Fatigue|tiredness]] * a new and continuous cough, coughing episodes, or a dry [[cough]]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms-and-what-to-do/ | title = Symptoms and what to do - Coronavirus (COVID-19) | last = National Health Service | first = | author-link = National Health Service | date = 2020-03-24 | website = nhs.uk|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2020-04-21}}</ref><ref name="WHO-qa" /><ref name="CDC-symptoms" /> Most patients only have one or two of the common symptoms.<ref name="WHO-qa" /><ref name="Mizumoto">{{Cite journal | last = Mizumoto | first = Kenji | last2 = Kagaya | first2 = Katsushi | last3 = Zarebski | first3 = Alexander | last4 = Chowell | first4 = Gerardo | date = 2020-03-12 | title = Estimating the asymptomatic proportion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Yokohama, Japan, 2020 | url = https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.10.2000180 | journal = Eurosurveillance|language=en | volume = 25 | issue = 10 | pages = 2000180|doi=10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.10.2000180|issn=1560-7917|pmc = 7078829|pmid=32183930}}</ref><ref name="Lan2020" /><ref name="WHO-symptoms">{{Cite web |url= https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/coronavirus | title = Coronavirus | last = World Health Organization | date = 2020-04-16 | author-link = World Health Organization | website = World Health Organization|language=en-us | access-date = 2020-04-21}}</ref> === Other Symptoms === * aches and [[Pain|pains]] * [[dyspnea|shortness of breath]] * nasal congestion * [[sore throat]] * very few people experience a runny nose, [[nausea]] or [[diarrhea]]<ref name="WHO-qa" /><ref name="WHO-symptoms" /> The World Health Organization that people call their doctor if they experience fever, cough or difficulty breathing. === Emergency Warning Signs* === * difficulty breathing * [[Chest pain|persistent pain or pressure in the chest]] * new [[confusion]] or inability to arouse (unresponsive) * bluish lips or face<ref name="CDC-symptoms" /> <nowiki>*</nowiki>This list is not all inclusive. Consult your medical provider for any other symptoms that are severe or concerning.<ref name="CDC-symptoms" /> Additionally, there are reports that patients have lost or have a reduced [[changes in sense of smell|sense of smell]], or [[Changes in taste|lost or distorted of taste]], but are otherwise [[#asymptomaticcarriers|asymptomatic]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url =https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/health/coronavirus-symptoms-smell-taste.html | title = Lost Sense of Smell May Be Peculiar Clue to Coronavirus Infection | last = Rabin | first = Roni Caryn | date = 2020-03-22|work=The New York Times | access-date = 2020-03-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><blockquote>The American Academy of Otolaryngology on Sunday posted information on its website<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.entnet.org/content/coronavirus-disease-2019-resources | title = Coronavirus Disease 2019: Resources | last = American Academy of Otolaryngology | date = 2020-03-15 | website = American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery|language=en | access-date = 2020-03-24}}</ref> saying that mounting anecdotal evidence indicates that lost or reduced [[changes in sense of smell|sense of smell]] and loss of [[changes in taste|sense of taste]] are significant symptoms associated with Covid-19, and that they have been seen in patients who ultimately tested positive with no other symptoms.<ref name=":2" /></blockquote><blockquote>The symptoms, in the absence of allergies or sinusitis, should alert doctors to screen patients for the virus and “warrant serious consideration for self isolation and testing of these individuals,” the academy said.<ref name=":2" /></blockquote> ===Neurological symptoms=== Mao et al. (2020) reported that 36% of a group of 214 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Wuhan, China, had "neurologic manifestations" of the disease.<ref name="Mao2020">{{Cite journal | last = Mao | first = Ling | last2 = Jin | first2 = Huijuan | last3 = Wang | first3 = Mengdie | last4 = Hu | first4 = Yu | last5 = Chen | first5 = Shengcai | last6 = He | first6 = Quanwei | last7 = Chang | first7 = Jiang | last8 = Hong | first8 = Candong | last9 = Zhou | first9 = Yifan | date = 2020-06-01 | title = Neurologic Manifestations of Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Wuhan, China | url = https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2764549 | journal = JAMA Neurology|language=en | volume = 77 | issue = 6 | pages = 683|doi=10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.1127|issn=2168-6149}}</ref> Neurological symptoms were: * [[central nervous system]] symptoms: **[[dizziness]] **[[headache]] **impaired consciousness **acute cerebrovascular disease **[[ataxia]] **[[seizure]] * peripheral nervous symptoms: **altered or loss of [[changes in taste|sense of taste]] **altered or loss of [[changes in sense of smell|sense of smell]] **[[visual dysfunction|impaired vision]] **[[neuralgia|nerve pain]] **skeletal muscular injury manifestations *impaired or change in consciousness: **[[somnolence]] **stupor **coma **[[confusion]] **delirium
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