Many sick people have it. An unusual and very unpleasant symptom of COVID-19

Most people associate COVID-19 with fever, cough, loss of smell and taste. However, infected Britons, via the ZOE Health app, often reported another, rather unusual symptom. 20 percent had it. of them.

1. The list of COVID-19 symptoms is long and varies depending on the mutation prevailing at any given time
2. Monitoring of the most common symptoms is possible, among others with the ZOE Health app
3. Currently, 20 percent. of patients reports that the infection was accompanied by diarrhea
4. More current information can be found on the Onet homepage.

The Independent reports that diarrhea was a frequent symptom reported by patients. Information about the disease was collected using the ZOE Health application (with over one million registered users). The team that reviewed the data noted that diarrhea usually occurs early in the disease. Then it can accompany the patient for 2 to 7 days.

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The infected vaccinated also experience diarrhea

The symptom was noted in both unvaccinated and, importantly, vaccinated people who received two or more doses of the preparation. People who reported the symptom in the app were most likely infected with the Omikron and Delta variants.

And although diarrhea seems to be a trivial problem, it can even result in hospitalization if we do not take care of the proper hydration of the body. It is necessary to drink a lot of water, e.g. with the addition of lemon or mint, if the water itself does not taste good to us. You can also buy special drinking electrolytes from the pharmacy, containing vitamin C, glucose, potassium, sodium and magnesium.

Gastrointestinal problems arise because the virus can interfere with the digestive system, say ZOE Health experts interviewed by the Huffington Post.

According to prof. dr hab. n. med. Barbara Skrzydło-Radomańska from the Department and Clinic of Gastroenterology, Medical University of Lublin, diarrhea may appear much earlier than other respiratory symptoms. In addition, the patient may be accompanied by abdominal pain, as well as vomiting or lack of appetite.

It’s good to know that the symptom that can distinguish food poisoning or gastric flu from coronavirus infection is loss of smell or taste. However, it does not appear in all patients. Ultimately, only a COVID-19 test can tell if a person is infected.