Symptoms and signs of coronavirus in humans COVID-19

Diabetes: symptoms and signs of the disease

Diabetes is a disease that can go unnoticed for several years. Quite often, the symptoms of this disease can be confused with signs of other common health problems.

These signs cannot be ignored!

The danger is that in this case, diabetes continues to progress, having a negative impact on the functioning of other important human organs: kidneys, heart and brain. This is why it is so important to take the appearance of suspicious symptoms seriously, even if they do not seem dangerous to you. Today we would like to talk about the 10 first signs of diabetes that accompany this disease in the initial stages of development, so that you can keep this important information in mind.

Weakness and fatigue

Insulin deficiency or resistance to it disrupts the absorption of glucose by the cells of our body. Because of this, they are unable to transform glucose into the energy a person needs for his daily activities. As a result, the patient begins to experience severe fatigue, both physical and mental. As a rule, even a good rest does not help him get rid of fatigue. On the other hand, a similar symptom may bother overweight people. Other causes of fatigue include dehydration and changes in blood pressure.

First aid at home

Let's consider what to do at the first signs of an impending stroke, whether it is possible to avoid the development of an attack and how to do it. First aid if you suspect an attack is approaching before the ambulance arrives is based on the following principles:

• raise the patient's head 30 degrees;
• turn over on the right side;
• loosen tight clothing;
• measure your blood pressure: if it is elevated, take medications that lower your blood pressure; if this is not possible, put your feet in a basin of hot water (read about the relationship between stroke and blood pressure here).

Stroke is an extremely dangerous pathology that requires timely diagnosis . If these symptoms are detected, you must immediately seek help from health care institutions.

Urinary tract infections

Another common symptom of diabetes is long-term or chronic urinary tract infections. The reason they occur is that increased blood sugar weakens the patient's immune system. As a result, his body begins to produce fewer antibodies and it becomes more difficult for him to repel attacks from various viruses, bacteria and fungi.

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Symptoms of the disease caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 resemble a cold, flu, or acute respiratory infection (ARVI) . That’s what’s so insidious about the new strain. To defeat the enemy, you need to know his “habits”.

Signs of difference between ARVI and coronavirus COVID-19

Similar symptoms persist for a week. An accurate diagnosis can be made after rapid tests.

Dry skin

As for our skin, its condition can also tell us a lot. This also applies to diabetes. Thus, patients suffering from this disease often have dry skin. This problem is caused by poor circulation and dehydration. Of course, dry skin can hide other health problems besides diabetes. Are you familiar with some of the symptoms listed above? Do you have a high risk of developing diabetes and are predisposed to developing this disease? In such cases, it is better not to delay and consult a doctor for an examination.

Remember that a timely diagnosis and prescribed treatment will not allow diabetes to progress.

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Classification

Symptoms have a medical classification depending on the availability of information about them:

• Idiopathic - when the cause of the symptom is not established and there is no way to identify the disease. This group is also called essential symptoms. Based on the presence of a symptom, the disease is classified as independent (for example: idiopathic headache).
• Syndrome is the signs of deterioration in health available in the medical database. Described as a collection of known and very common symptoms. The conditions for making a diagnosis consist of comparing a set of conditions of the patient’s body with a medical reference book and a survey assessing general well-being.

Examples of syndromes:

• Flu-like - includes headache, fever, decreased performance, weakness, “aching bones.”
• Depressive syndrome includes a set of psychological disorders.

Division of syndromes:

• Nonspecific - observed during a variety of painful conditions.
• Specific - observed only with a specific ailment, they cannot be confused.

Symptoms

Acute process.

Let us clarify that the first signs of acute prostatitis are in most cases similar in all patients:

• Pain when urinating, burning after;
• Temperature increase;
• After heroically emptying the bladder, the patient feels that there is still urine in it;
• Complaints of pain in the groin and perineum.

The pain begins abruptly, and problems with the toilet also occur. This is due to the rapid increase in swelling of the inflamed prostate.

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Symptoms may disappear on their own, but do not create illusions: this does not mean that the disease has passed.

Prostatitis becomes chronic. A long time (years) may pass from the first signs of acute prostatitis to the onset of chronic prostatitis.

Chronic process.

Perhaps the patient did not have a pronounced acute period, and the disease, bypassing it, became chronic.

In this case, the symptoms will be as follows:

• Dull pain in the anal area after defecation, radiating to the tailbone;
• Regular or irregular pain in the groin;
• Going to the toilet does not cause much difficulty, but to start urinating you have to strain your stomach a little. The patient does not pay much attention to this;
• Sometimes after urination there remains a burning sensation in the urethral area.

The first signs of chronic prostatitis may appear over a long period. They can disappear, then make themselves known again.

Infectious prostatitis.

Often with infectious prostatitis, the patient also carries other sexually transmitted diseases.

Among the first signs are:

• Pain in the urethra, blood in the urine;
• Temperature increase;
• Whitish urine (pus);
• Frequent urge to go to the toilet.

The first signs of bacterial prostatitis are similar to acute prostatitis, since the latter type often occurs precisely due to the efforts of an infectious agent.

Non-infectious prostatitis.

After 40 years, a man may notice the first signs of non-infectious prostatitis. It's not the bacteria's fault, it's just the time.

The prostate enlarges, which may manifest itself in some way, or may go unnoticed.

If a man experiences problems, they boil down to such manifestations as:

• Difficulty urinating;
• Residual urine in the bladder.

If this causes inflammation of the prostate, then pain, burning and, possibly, temperature are added.

Any prostatitis has basic (main) manifestations in problems with urination. The pain can be of different localization and intensity, the burning sensation at the end of urination and after it may be absent.

Sexual problems occur in 99 out of 100% of cases, but this is a long process, taking several years or more.

Among the first signs is a weakening of urine pressure. If you have to strain your abs to start urinating (even if you don't pay attention to it), it's time to see a urologist.

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This is the first sign of impending prostatitis.

Here you can learn about the common symptoms of prostatitis.

The very first signs of coronavirus: the main three

Three main early signs of coronavirus:

• dry cough;
• increased body temperature;
• dyspnea.

The body temperature during coronavirus rises first, even when there are no other symptoms of the disease. But hyperthermia does not reach critical values, but fluctuates between 37.3-37.8 degrees.

A cough during infection is only dry, it irritates the throat, so the patient may describe his sensations as “stinginess.” Occurs periodically, there are no strong, prolonged attacks.

Shortness of breath does not appear in all patients; in 40% of cases it occurs in patients aged 14-50 years. It can also be present at rest, but is required during physical activity.

How long does it take to appear after infection?

If infection occurs through airborne droplets, the first symptoms of coronavirus appear after 5 days. The development of the disease occurs in stages:

• in the first 3 days the patient begins to be bothered by a sore throat and an infrequent dry cough;
• 4-5 days from the moment of penetration into the body, the virus enters the lungs and bronchi, causes inflammatory processes - an increase in body temperature begins;
• shortness of breath, a feeling of pressure on the area of ​​​​the anatomical location of the maxillary sinuses are detected 6-7 days from the moment of infection.

An incubation period of 5 days is considered dangerous because coronavirus cannot be diagnosed without special tests, but the person himself is already the source of infection.

Often these days, a spontaneous and minimal increase in body temperature begins (up to 37-37.3 degrees); this symptom can only be identified by measuring indicators hourly, since the general well-being does not suffer.

Treatment of priapism

Priapism can persist for several hours, days and even months, so there is simply no point in postponing a visit to the doctor. Moreover: it is necessary to urgently call an ambulance, since priapism is quite dangerous. The consequences of such an unwanted erection can be significant: various inflammatory processes in the pelvic organs, the formation of blood clots...

If priapism is allowed to persist for several days (more than 3), then the pathological processes in the penis become irreversible: in the best case, impotence develops, in more severe cases, necrosis and even gangrene (the penis has to be removed).

To make a diagnosis in medicine, a special type of x-ray examination is used - cavernosography and other diagnostic methods.

The first aid for priapism can be a cold compress and a sedative. Then the doctor will prescribe treatment for priapism. If drug therapy does not produce positive results, then surgical methods are resorted to.

With timely treatment, the prognosis is quite favorable. It is possible to completely preserve the erectile functions of the penis. And in the most severe cases, penile prosthetics is proposed as the only possible way out of the situation.

Atypical symptoms

According to WHO, atypical signs of coronavirus infection are:

1. Digestive problems. About 5% of patients experience nausea, 3% have diarrhea.
2. Confusion. These signs are observed in some older patients.
3. Fatigue, anxiety. According to scientists, such manifestations can provoke social distancing and self-isolation.
4. Headache and dizziness. Such symptoms are reported by 8% of patients. Some people experience severe or sudden attacks of dizziness, which can pose serious health risks.
5. Runny nose. This is a very rare symptom of coronavirus infection; less than 5% of patients experience nasal congestion. Most often this is a sign of a common cold or allergy.

Doctors have identified six new symptoms of coronavirus

COVID-19 takes away your sense of smell and taste

The American Center for Disease Control and Prevention has identified six new symptoms of coronavirus that may indicate the disease, according to the organization's website.
Initially, the main symptoms were fever, cough and shortness of breath. However, the list was subsequently updated to include trembling, chills, pain in the muscles, head and throat, as well as a feeling of fatigue and loss of smell or taste.

According to doctors, in Iran, 76% of patients with coronavirus suddenly lost their sense of taste and smell. The president of the British Rhinological Society, Claire Hopkins, also previously reported that the majority of people infected with COVID-19 in South Korea, China and Italy experienced a loss or decrease in their sense of smell.

“In Germany, two out of three patients with confirmed coronavirus had anosmia (loss of smell). In South Korea, where testing was more widespread, 30% of patients had anosmia as the only symptom,” she was quoted as saying by USA Today.

Experts also described four conditions in which continuing to self-medicate becomes dangerous. So, it is necessary to urgently call a doctor if the patient becomes difficult to breathe, chest pain does not stop, and consciousness is confused. In addition, blue lips and face should be a reason to contact an ambulance.

Children suffer from stomach and heart pain

Representatives of the National Health System (NHS) in the UK have warned doctors about a new symptom of COVID-19 that has spread among children. According to them, young patients experience abdominal pain and heart problems, which may be associated with coronavirus.

“Over the past three weeks there has been a clear increase in the number of cases of multisystem inflammatory conditions among children of all ages requiring intensive care in London, as well as other regions of the UK. "All cases show signs of toxic shock syndrome and an atypical form of Kawasaki syndrome, with blood counts consistent with severe cases of COVID-19 in children," the NHS said.

According to doctors, some patients test positive for coronavirus, but there are also those who test negative. At the same time, there are signs that the latter have already recovered from the disease and have developed antibodies to the virus.

“There is growing concern that children in the UK are experiencing an inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2, or that these cases may be associated with another, as yet unidentified, infectious pathogen,” they warn.

COVID-19 provokes apathy and drowsiness in the elderly

Some elderly patients with coronavirus experience the disease atypically. According to Dr. Camil Vaughan, quoted by CNN Health, many infected people over 65 experience a sudden onset of apathy, dizziness, refusal to eat and socialize, and a tendency to sleep.

This manifestation of the disease may be due to the fact that with age, “the immune response becomes blunted,” said Dr. Joseph Ouslander, a professor of geriatric medicine at the University of Florida Schmidt College of Medicine.

“In addition, underlying chronic diseases may mask or interfere with the manifestation of characteristic signs of infection. Some older people, due to age-related changes or previous neurological diseases, may not have reflexes. For example, cough. It may also be due to cognitive impairments that prevent patients from reporting their illness,” he noted.

"Coronavirus fingers"

American experts also identified a new symptom of infection, which they called “coronavirus fingers,” USA Today reports. According to experts, some people infected with coronavirus have their toes affected: they turn blue or purple. As Ebbing Lautenbach, an infectious disease specialist from the University of Pennsylvania, explained, with these spots the patient also feels a burning sensation and pain when touched.

Moreover, such a manifestation of the virus can occur both in seriously ill patients and in young patients with asymptomatic disease, including children.

As Lautenbach explained, blue fingers may be associated with a local inflammatory response to an infection or with blockage of blood vessels. “However, no one knows the reliable answer to this question now,” he emphasized.

The head of emergency services at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Susan Wilcox, in turn, is confident that these symptoms occur in patients with severe influenza or viral pneumonia. “Once an infection enters the body, it can trigger a cascade of inflammation. Sometimes this can be too dangerous, as the body destroys itself,” she concluded.

Coronavirus patients are given away by their eyes

Another atypical symptom of coronavirus may be conjunctivitis, doctors from the American Academy of Ophthalmology previously reported.

They relied on data from China, according to which one in 30 patients infected with COVID-19 was diagnosed with conjunctivitis. In addition, another study cited by American doctors confirmed that out of 1099 coronavirus patients tested in China, 19 were also diagnosed with conjunctivitis. Data were collected from 30 hospitals across the country.

The authors of the article noted that eye diseases can occur not only due to COVID-19, but ophthalmologists may be the first to suspect a person has coronavirus in this case.

Prostatitis - the beginning

The onset of the disease is always associated with certain circumstances of our life.

There are several types of prostatitis:

• Spicy;
• Chronic;
• Infectious (bacterial);
• Non-infectious.

The nomenclature, in this case, is binary, for example, infectious prostatitis can be chronic and acute.

Each type of prostatitis will begin differently and will be preceded by its own individual circumstances. Let's look at them.