New type of pneumonia “Initial symptoms are not necessarily fever and cough”, local hospital views 7:10, January 25
With the spread of the new coronavirus in China, state-owned media in China have told local university hospitals that patients' initial symptoms are not limited to fever and cough, which is characteristic of pneumonia.
According to the state-owned Xinhua News Agency, the Wuhan University People's Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei Province, where the infection of the new coronavirus is the most serious, examined many patients and found that many patients had initial symptoms that were not fever or cough. Was there. "
Of these, a male patient in her 40s initially visited the Gastroenterology since she had diarrhea for three days and no fever or respiratory symptoms.
A doctor interviewed the man and found that the man had been in contact with the new coronavirus-infected person, so a CT scan of the chest showed a pneumonia-like shadow, and subsequent virus tests confirmed the infection. That was done.
Xinhua News Agency reported that patients' initial symptoms are not limited to fever and cough, which is characteristic of pneumonia, but may also be symptoms of digestive and nervous systems, such as diarrhea, nausea, headaches, and general lassitude. Hospital doctors are calling for attention, saying it makes diagnosis difficult.