Coronavirus Infection Linked With Skin Rashes Among Adults: Study
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Infection Linked With Skin Rashes Among Adults: Study

News 18  

Skin rashes may be associated with a positive Covid-19 test result among adults, according to a study that could help identify cases missed when relying only on the core symptoms. Previous studies conducted in hospitals reported that COVID-19 patients showed unusual skin rashes, researchers said. The researchers found that skin rashes were more common in adults with a positive COVID-19 test result than in those who tested negative. Among the respondents of the online survey, 17 per cent of SARS-CoV-2-positive cases reported skin rashes as the first presentation, and 21 per cent as the only COVID-19 clinical sign.

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Study suggests early COVID-19 symptoms differ among age groups
3 years, 4 months ago

Study suggests early COVID-19 symptoms differ among age groups

Deccan Chronicle  

London: The findings of a new study suggest that symptoms for early COVID-19 infection differ among age groups and between men and women. These differences are most notable between younger age groups compared to older age groups, and men have different symptoms compared to women in the early stages of COVID-19 infection. Researchers compared the ability to predict early signs …

Majority of COVID-19 cases developed symptoms, only 20 pc asymptomatic: Study
4 years, 3 months ago

Majority of COVID-19 cases developed symptoms, only 20 pc asymptomatic: Study

India TV News  

Most people who are infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19, are not asymptomatic throughout the course of infection, a review of studies carried early in the pandemic suggests. Some people with the virus may experience severe infections resulting in viral pneumonia, respiratory distress syndrome, and death, while others remain completely asymptomatic or develop mild, nonspecific symptoms. The researchers …

Covid-19 patients may develop skin rashes and discoloration, studies find
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 patients may develop skin rashes and discoloration, studies find

CNN  

CNN — As Covid-19 started to spread across the United States earlier this year, dermatology offices began to see suspicious signs on some patients’ skin: Red or purple toes, itchy hives, mottled bumps on fingers, a lacy red rash that spread across legs and arms. Yet overall, the researchers wrote in their report that physicians caring for Covid-19 patients should …

July 20 coronavirus news
4 years, 5 months ago

July 20 coronavirus news

CNN  

Researchers in South Korea have found that children between the ages of 10 and 19 can transmit Covid-19 within a household just as much as adults, according to new research published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. “These risks largely reflected transmission in the middle of mitigations and therefore might characterize transmission dynamics …

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