What is it Actually Like To Have COVID-19?
What is it Actually Like To Have COVID-19?
These last few months it’s been impossible to escape
news and updates about COVID-19, also known as the Novel Coronavirus. While
it’s incredibly important to stay informed, maintain social distancing, and
wash your hands, there’s also been plenty of fear-mongering, exaggeration,
misinformation, and sensationalism around the disease. Today, we’re going to
discuss what it’s like to have the disease in terms of cold, hard facts – no
spin or editorializing.
All the information in this article is updated as of March 30, 2020, and because
this is a situation developing extremely quickly, we also encourage independent
research. All the information we’re presenting in this article comes directly from
the US Center for Disease Control, the UK National HealthService, and the World
Health Organization, as well as official scientific studies. We recommend also
using these reliable sources if you wish to stay informed.
COVID-19 is a respiratory illness, meaning it attacks the lungs and airways. If
you’ve caught COVID-19, it’ll be as a result of contact with another infected
individual.
For your first week to two weeks of infection, you may not display any symptoms
whatsoever, which is why exercising caution is so extremely important during
this period. Some people will remain asymptomatic- meaning they display no
actual symptoms- throughout their infection.
Two studies – one published in the journal Emerging Infectious Disease, and
another that was a collaboration between Kyoto, Oxford, and Georgia State
University – settled on the possibility that around 17.9% of people suffering
from COVID-19 will remain completely asymptomatic. If you happen to fall within
this category, you’re at the least risk of developing the more severe form of
the disease or undergoing serious health complications.
However, it’s worth noting that being asymptomatic puts you at far greater risk
of infecting others through a lack of caution. This is why, even if you think
you’re not infected, it’s positively vital to maintain good hygiene and social
distancing. Interestingly, the majority of symptomatic cases appear to be in
children, with 90% of the cases of pediatric Coronavirus in China being
asymptomatic to mild.
While the grand majority of people who contract COVID-19 will display symptoms,
a large chunk of those people will only experience a mild cold or flu-like
virus. According to data sets from China, around 80.9% of their cases were
mild. If you are lucky enough to fall into this category – and statistically,
you’re likely to be relatively young and healthy, with little to no chronic
underlying health conditions– you’re most likely to experience fever and a
severe cough.
It definitely won’t feel good, but you won't have under any serious threat of
death from what you’re experiencing.
In a lot of cases, the disease tends to run its course within three weeks –
from an incubation period that tends to last from five days to two weeks, and
symptoms that present for around five to seven days before the sufferer begins
to recover.
Once again, if you find yourself in this position, the generally accepted
advice is to contact and inform your doctor (if possible), remain isolated,
maintain good hygiene, eat and stay hydrated, and treat issues like pain
symptomatically with safe, over-the-counter medication.
According to data gathered from the Chinese outbreak, that appears to have
remained consistent for the world at large, around 13.8% of the cases appear to
present severe health issues for the sufferer.
These sufferers are likely to be older than 50 and suffer from underlying
health conditions like severe respiratory issues, diabetes, high blood
pressure, cancer, and cardiac illnesses. However, it’s important to note that
there are always outliers – young people and people without underlying health
issues can occasionally experience severe symptoms, so don’t use your age and
health as an excuse to throw caution to the wind.
Initially, people who experience a more severe case of COVID-19 will run the
gamut of standard symptoms – high fever, coughing, shortness of breath, chest
pains, breathing difficulties, and in some cases even headaches and digestive
issues.
However, the key difference between mild and severe cases is that severe cases
are more likely to develop into a more serious infection of the lungs. Most commonly,
people are at risk of developing pneumonia. Pneumonia is a dangerous form of
bacterial lung-tissue inflammation. The tiny air sacs in the primary bronchi,
which are the tubes that connect the lungs to your trachea, become inflamed
through infection and swell, causing severe breathing difficulties in
sufferers.
If you’ve been suffering from COVID-19 and the symptoms appear to worsen after
five to seven days of experiencing them, watch out for the tell-tale signs of
pneumonia. These include rapid heartbeat, sweating, and shivering, loss of
appetite, chest pain, fatigue, joint pain, and in some severe cases coughing up
blood in one’s phlegm.
If you believe you have pneumonia, do not hesitate to contact a healthcare
professional and get yourself to a hospital immediately. Pneumonia is a severe
and life-threatening ailment and must be treated as quickly as possible to
ensure the best results.
To avoid developing pneumonia from a case of COVID-19, the same rules apply
Prevention is more effective than treatment. Maintain social distance and good
hygiene. Eat well. Remain hydrated and take extra precautions if you know
yourself to be in one of the high-risk groups.
Finally, according to the Chinese data, around 4.7% of the cases of COVID-19
develop into critically dangerous illnesses for the sufferers. While these
cases are relatively rare, that’sno reason to be any less cautious. People with
critical conditions are the most likely to die from the illness. Death can
occur from untreated pneumonia, severe acute respiratory disease, and sometimes
even kidney failure.
While, like the severe symptoms, this is most common for people in the
disease’s risk groups, this can technically happen to anyone. This is not an
excuse to panic and do anything irresponsible or dangerous, just to maintain
vigilance and caution.
COVID-19 is still an incredibly new disease. Information evolves quickly as
scientists learn more about the condition and its processes. It may feel scary
like we have no control over this situation, but the fact is that we have a lot
of control over an extremely important factor here: Our actions.
To do your part in both helping yourself and society combat this illness,
maintain good hygiene and social distancing, don’t buy into or spread
misinformation about the disease, follow government guidelines, and avoid
things like panic buying. We, as a society, can get through COVID-19, but only
if we’re all sensible and responsible in our actions. For more information, the
CDC and the World Health Organisation are excellent sources.
Among all the countries severely struck by corona India has shown quite an improvement to stop the spike in corona mortality rates through nationwide lockdown. In a developing country of 1.3 billion citizens there are over 11,000 cases among which only 377 have been dead. On 14th April the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced after meeting with each state government of the respective states extended the time of lockdown up to the 3rd of May.
For your first week to two weeks of infection, you may not display any symptoms whatsoever, which is why exercising caution is so extremely important during this period. Some people will remain asymptomatic- meaning they display no actual symptoms- throughout their infection.
Two studies – one published in the journal Emerging Infectious Disease, and another that was a collaboration between Kyoto, Oxford, and Georgia State University – settled on the possibility that around 17.9% of people suffering from COVID-19 will remain completely asymptomatic. If you happen to fall within this category, you’re at the least risk of developing the more severe form of the disease or undergoing serious health complications.
However, it’s worth noting that being asymptomatic puts you at far greater risk of infecting others through a lack of caution. This is why, even if you think you’re not infected, it’s positively vital to maintain good hygiene and social distancing. Interestingly, the majority of symptomatic cases appear to be in children, with 90% of the cases of pediatric Coronavirus in China being asymptomatic to mild.
While the grand majority of people who contract COVID-19 will display symptoms, a large chunk of those people will only experience a mild cold or flu-like virus. According to data sets from China, around 80.9% of their cases were mild. If you are lucky enough to fall into this category – and statistically, you’re likely to be relatively young and healthy, with little to no chronic underlying health conditions– you’re most likely to experience fever and a severe cough.
It definitely won’t feel good, but you won't have under any serious threat of death from what you’re experiencing.
In a lot of cases, the disease tends to run its course within three weeks – from an incubation period that tends to last from five days to two weeks, and symptoms that present for around five to seven days before the sufferer begins to recover.
Once again, if you find yourself in this position, the generally accepted advice is to contact and inform your doctor (if possible), remain isolated, maintain good hygiene, eat and stay hydrated, and treat issues like pain symptomatically with safe, over-the-counter medication.
According to data gathered from the Chinese outbreak, that appears to have remained consistent for the world at large, around 13.8% of the cases appear to present severe health issues for the sufferer.
These sufferers are likely to be older than 50 and suffer from underlying health conditions like severe respiratory issues, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, and cardiac illnesses. However, it’s important to note that there are always outliers – young people and people without underlying health issues can occasionally experience severe symptoms, so don’t use your age and health as an excuse to throw caution to the wind.
Initially, people who experience a more severe case of COVID-19 will run the gamut of standard symptoms – high fever, coughing, shortness of breath, chest pains, breathing difficulties, and in some cases even headaches and digestive issues.
However, the key difference between mild and severe cases is that severe cases are more likely to develop into a more serious infection of the lungs. Most commonly, people are at risk of developing pneumonia. Pneumonia is a dangerous form of bacterial lung-tissue inflammation. The tiny air sacs in the primary bronchi, which are the tubes that connect the lungs to your trachea, become inflamed through infection and swell, causing severe breathing difficulties in sufferers.
If you’ve been suffering from COVID-19 and the symptoms appear to worsen after five to seven days of experiencing them, watch out for the tell-tale signs of pneumonia. These include rapid heartbeat, sweating, and shivering, loss of appetite, chest pain, fatigue, joint pain, and in some severe cases coughing up blood in one’s phlegm.
If you believe you have pneumonia, do not hesitate to contact a healthcare professional and get yourself to a hospital immediately. Pneumonia is a severe and life-threatening ailment and must be treated as quickly as possible to ensure the best results.
To avoid developing pneumonia from a case of COVID-19, the same rules apply Prevention is more effective than treatment. Maintain social distance and good hygiene. Eat well. Remain hydrated and take extra precautions if you know yourself to be in one of the high-risk groups.
Finally, according to the Chinese data, around 4.7% of the cases of COVID-19 develop into critically dangerous illnesses for the sufferers. While these cases are relatively rare, that’sno reason to be any less cautious. People with critical conditions are the most likely to die from the illness. Death can occur from untreated pneumonia, severe acute respiratory disease, and sometimes even kidney failure.
While, like the severe symptoms, this is most common for people in the disease’s risk groups, this can technically happen to anyone. This is not an excuse to panic and do anything irresponsible or dangerous, just to maintain vigilance and caution.
COVID-19 is still an incredibly new disease. Information evolves quickly as scientists learn more about the condition and its processes. It may feel scary like we have no control over this situation, but the fact is that we have a lot of control over an extremely important factor here: Our actions.
To do your part in both helping yourself and society combat this illness, maintain good hygiene and social distancing, don’t buy into or spread misinformation about the disease, follow government guidelines, and avoid things like panic buying. We, as a society, can get through COVID-19, but only if we’re all sensible and responsible in our actions. For more information, the CDC and the World Health Organisation are excellent sources.
INDIA UPDATE April 2020
26,496- Coronavirus Infected
825- Death total
Recovered- 5,939
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