COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, first appeared in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
However, wearing a face mask doesn’t mean you won’t catch COVID-19.
According to the CDC, there are multiple ways for COVID-19 to enter the body.
Those tiny droplets can then land in the noses or mouths of others.
However, just because you don’tfeelsick doesn’t mean the virus isn’t silently attacking your body.
In fact, the virus immediately gets to work by infecting the lining of your lungs.
Your job now is to help me multiply and make the virus.'"
However, a mild case of the novel coronavirus isn’t akin to a mild cold, asThe Cutdetailed.
“First came the cough and extreme fatigue,” the publication detailed.
“Then her temperature rose to 99.7F.”
The next week, the 37-year-old was diagnosed with COVID-19 and, thankfully, she recovered.
That is, a cough that doesn’t produce mucus or phlegm.
Of course, this is harmful to your lungs.
This it what causes a persistent cough.
Coronavirus may affect your body’s gastrointestinal system
COVID-19 is known to cause respiratory illness in patients.
However, for some people who become infected with the virus, their symptoms may start as stomach pains.
Thanks to modern medicine and antibiotics,most peoplewho get pneumonia go on to recover.
However, the pneumonia due to coronavirus isn’t your run-of-the-mill bacterial pneumonia.
And then there’s COVID-19.
“The best treatment we have is supportive care,” ER physician Aimee Moulin told theLos Angeles Times.
“The fever is so high that you hallucinate,” the patient revealed.
My dad was talking to me.
I was seeing people from college, people I haven’t seen in forever."
As noted byWebMD, your immune system is supposed to protect your body from harmful germs and prevent illnesses.
He continued, explaining, “Sometimes these early symptoms aren’t the classic ones.”
