The main signs of new crown pneumonia are fever, cough, malaise, and chest tightness, and other symptoms such as conjunctivitis, diarrhea, decreased sense of smell, decreased sense of taste, or similar to a cold may also occur.
1. Fever: Neocoronavirus pneumonia is simply called neocoronavirus pneumonia, and one of the most common manifestations of the disease includes fever, and temperature measurement is one of the main means of screening for neocoronavirus pneumonia.
2. Coughing: New coronavirus pneumonia can involve the upper respiratory tract, as well as the respiratory tract and lung tissues, all of which can lead to coughing, which in most cases is a dry cough, sometimes with a small amount of white sputum.
3. Weakness: Weakness is not characteristic, and can be caused by other respiratory tract infections and non-infectious diseases such as cardiac insufficiency.
4. Chest tightness: patients with mild symptoms often do not have chest tightness, but when combined with pneumonia may lead to chest tightness, especially when caused by respiratory failure, often serious chest tightness, dyspnea, which suggests that the condition is more serious, may be life-threatening, and need to consult a doctor in a timely manner.
5. Other symptoms: for example, some of the new crown pneumonia performance is not typical, there may be conjunctivitis, diarrhea, as well as smell, taste impairment, etc., some patients may be similar to the performance of the flu, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat and other symptoms.
When new coronavirus infection is considered, it is necessary to report to the local joint prevention and control system and consult the doctor in time, and follow the doctor’s instructions for active treatment.
Tip: “New coronavirus pneumonia” and “new coronavirus pneumonia” mentioned in this article were renamed to “new coronavirus infection” on December 26, 2022, as announced by the National Health Commission.