For young patients with coronavirus, gastrointestinal symptoms are most typical, said the doctor immunologist-allergist Vladimir Bolibok in a conversation with NSN.
“At the same time, gastrointestinal symptoms are more typical for young – children and adolescents, – said Bolibok. – They encounter this more often, but they also regard it more often as food poisoning or simply as colic in the stomach, in girls even as periodic pain. In addition to abdominal pain, it is also characterized by instability of the stool, loss of appetite and heartburn. “
The rest of the symptoms of infection, he said, can occur with other infectious diseases. “Therefore, it is imperative to look at the combination of one with the other,” Bolibok said. At the first suspicions of a coronavirus infection, he recommended immediately contacting doctors, even if they appear on New Year’s Eve.
Earlier, Bolibok called shortness of breath the most alarming symptom of coronavirus. According to him, it is necessary to count the respiratory rate at rest, because if a person’s temperature rises, it basically becomes harder for him to breathe. In a healthy person, the respiratory rate is 16 to 20 breaths per minute. Rapid breathing indicates the development of respiratory failure.