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The main symptoms of COVID-19 – fever, dry cough, and difficulty breathing – are well known. However, some people infected with the coronavirus have less common symptoms. Sneezing isn’t one of them, but it doesn’t rule out the possibility of being infected with the coronavirus.
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What symptoms indicate COVID-19?
Cases of COVID-19 are difficult to identify when the disease is asymptomatic or complaints are mild and similar to a cold. The typical symptoms that manifest in patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus include fever (over 38 degrees C), dry cough and shortness of breath. Sometimes there are also headaches, sore throats, fatigue, as well as muscle and joint pain. Rare symptoms include diarrhea and runny nose.
Sneezing is not a symptom of COVID-19. It is also not observed in the course of flu, but it occurs in people with a cold or allergy. In the event of sneezing, however, coronavirus infection cannot be ruled out with certainty. The problem here is the possibility of coexisting diseases with COVID-19, which are the source of other symptoms, including sneezing.
According to the WHO report, which analyzes information from nearly 56 patients from China, 4,8% had a nasal congestion problem. people, and conjunctival hyperaemia concerned about 0,8% of patients. However, sneezing symptoms were not recorded among the symptoms.
The symptoms of seasonal allergies, such as sneezing, stuffy nose and itchy eyes, intensify especially in spring. So if a person with an allergy is infected with the coronavirus, sneezing is not excluded in their case. The coexistence of COVID-19 and other conditions makes it difficult to recognize the infection and promotes the spread of the coronavirus. That is why there is talk of the need to introduce universal coronavirus tests.
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