Symptoms of a severe form of coronavirus

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-18 00:05

Statistics show that a negative scenario for the development of Covid-19 disease occurs in 15 people out of 100 infected with a dangerous infection. Knowing the symptoms of a severe form of coronavirus, and how the disease proceeds with complications, serious consequences can be prevented in a timely manner.

Features of the new pathogen

It is no coincidence that Covid-19 is called an insidious and multifaceted infection:

1. The clinical picture depends not only on the serotype of the virus, but also on the individual characteristics of the infected person's body - his state of health, immunity activity, gender and age.
2. Despite all the quarantine measures, the spread of the pathogen happened quite quickly: the search for characteristic symptoms did not give the expected results, because it was given by the aggressive type. After its suppression by a person, an almost asymptomatic protovirus was activated, capable of flowing in the human body without visible manifestations.
3. Symptoms of a severe form of coronavirus can develop both gradually and rapidly, and this is also caused by the action of different serotypes of the insidious infection.
4. Information about the course of the disease is multifaceted and even contradictory - some people do not get sick at all, others do not feel infection, and still others have dangerous complications.
5. Every day there are studies that talk about the unpredictable and insurmountable consequences of the destructive activity of the pathogen in various cells of the functional tissues of the human body: nervous, pulmonary, muscle, mucous membranes and even the brain.

In the fatality index of the coronavirus, the main place is occupied by patients with complications after the development of a severe form. They could have been avoided by knowing how this insidious disease proceeds and what signs are characterized.

Therefore, it is extremely important to permanently monitor your condition, pay attention to all unexpected symptoms and signs, and inform your doctor about them.

Reasons for the development of a severe form of coronavirus

Doctors note that the increase in complications can be variable in different patients.

In some infected people, symptoms manifest almost immediately. Sometimes it goes on an increasing rapid pace so that sometimes there is not enough time to take the measures prescribed according to the treatment protocol.

In another category of patients, before the manifestation of symptoms of a severe form of coronavirus, the disease proceeds without visible manifestations.

The dangerous scenario can be explained by several reasons, including:

• a significant number of virions (with prolonged contact with a patient or being in a cluster);
• airborne infection (damage to the protective barrier and the entry of the virus directly into the bronchi and lungs);
• accession of bacterial pneumonia;
• genetic predisposition to rapid susceptibility to viral infection;
• the presence of chronic diseases that facilitate access to Covid-19 by already inflicted destruction at the cellular level;
• the addition of another infection after the appearance of the coronavirus or the action of external unfavorable factors.

The main symptoms

The severe form of coronavirus depends on the form of development of the pathogen and the chronic diseases of the infected.

The first signs showing a tendency for the worsening of the situation:

• shortness of breath with little physical activity;
• headache with a total lack of appetite;
• body temperature above 37.5C, which does not subside for more than 4 days;
• increased coughing, from light dry to lingering attacks and a feeling of squeezing in the chest.

A latent form of a severe degree is possible. In this case, the patient feels relatively normal, and on the 5-6th day there is even a deceptive improvement. Then the main symptoms grow - cough, weakness, while the mercury column jumps to the mark 39, it becomes difficult to breathe. Cough and shortness of breath are the main landmarks, but symptoms can be variable in a critical condition when heart or kidney failure is associated.

The flow of days is a rough guide, there is no typical sequence. It depends on the timeliness of medical care, the scope of actions and medicines, as well as on the initial state of the affected internal organs.

The table shows the symptoms of respiratory failure caused by severe Covid-19:

Day in order	Manifestations	Notes (edit)
6-8	Increased breathing and heart rate	Not very significant
9-10	Increased cough and choking	It is noted in the supine position
11-12	Pain and pressure in the chest, temperature	Shortness of breath gets worse and becomes constant
13-16	Blue skin, heart symptoms, falling blood pressure, confusion	Abdominal pain may join, the temperature remains
17-22	Improvement is coming	Provided effective treatment

The consequences of a severe form have not yet been fully understood. The patient can expect many pathologies - pulmonary fibrosis, neurogenic inflammation, long-term loss of functionality of the analyzers. And these are not all possible options. Scientists are conducting large-scale research to study the destructive effect of the virus in the body and improve the measures taken during the rehabilitation period.

Outcomes

With a severe form of coronavirus, a number of symptoms are noted:

1. A sharp rise in temperature to 39 ° C and above.
2. There is a sharp drop in blood pressure.
3. Pathological weakness.
4. There is a wave-like feeling of suffocation in the form of seizures.
5. Pain and pressure in the chest.
6. Abdominal pain.
7. Heart and renal failure.
8. Confusion of consciousness.