While reading the news during the past few days, I wondered whether I might still have been slightly caught by the Coronavirus back then, primarily being infected in the GI tract. By then there was no mention of atypical symptoms. I had also very short and very slight neck pain 3 weeks ago. My taste buds and smell is ok, albeit somewhat compromised by the throat burning. Never had similar symptoms before no underlying health problems.

However, I wondered why I am still suffering from prolongued GI problems and a (very) slighty burning throat for three weeks by now. No breathing, flu, fever, or coughing symptoms. I have been suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms for three weeks now, after I had visited France near the Mulhouse Corona hotspot. That was exactly what I was thinking today. Hi ejbriel, thank you for your smart idea.

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The authors note that their study was relatively small, and larger studies are needed to further describe digestive symptoms in patients with mild COVID-19.

'Optimally, testing for COVID-19 should be performed using both respiratory and stool samples, if available.' Overall, 'these data emphasize that patients with new-onset diarrhea after a possible COVID-19 contact should be suspected for the illness, even in the absence of cough, shortness of breath, sore throat or even fever,' the authors concluded. This finding suggests, but does not definitely confirm, that that virus infects the gastrointestinal tract, the authors said. Those with digestive symptoms also took longer to clear the virus from their body (test negative for COVID-19), taking about 41 days on average, compared with 33 days for those with respiratory symptoms only.įinally, those with digestive symptoms were much more likely to have the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, detected in their stool, with about 73% having positive stool samples, compared with 14% of those with respiratory symptoms only. Patients with digestive symptoms tended to seek health care later than those with respiratory symptoms, an average of 16 days from the start of their symptoms, compared with 11 days for those with respiratory symptoms, the study found. About one-third of patients with digestive symptoms never experienced a fever. Patients' diarrhea lasted from one to 14 days, with an average duration of five days, the report said.

Among all patients with digestive symptoms (117 patients), about 67 (58%) had diarrhea, and of these, 13 (20%) experienced diarrhea as the first symptom of their illness.

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