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COVID-19

From Wikidata and MedlinePlus; a guide, not a diagnosis. · ICD-10 code U07.1

Usual symptoms

  • Headaches
  • Anemia
  • Tiredness that rest does not fix
  • A cough
  • A fever (feeling hot, with chills or sweats)
  • Diarrhoea (loose or watery stools)
  • Hypoxia
  • Sudden confusion that comes and goes
  • Red, sticky or itchy eyes
  • Losing touch with what is real
  • Stomach or belly pain
  • Trouble getting or keeping an erection
  • Nausea (feeling sick)
  • Getting short of breath
  • Encephalitis
  • Loss of appetite
  • Loss of smell
  • Muscle aches
  • Lymphopenia
  • Coughing up blood
  • Enanthem
  • Loss of taste
  • Exhaustion from work, feeling empty and less effective
  • Brain damage
  • Respiratory failure
  • Chills or shivering
  • Viral pneumonia
  • Neurological disorder
  • A blocked nose
  • Thromboinflammation

Red ones can be signs of an emergency: get help at once.

Having some of these does not mean you have this condition: many conditions share the same symptoms.

Who to see

  • A clinic for infections
  • A doctor for the lungs

Risk factors listed

obesity, diabetes, asthma, arterial hypertension, hyperglycemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Related health checks

Fever check · Protection check: tests and vaccines · Breathing check · Asthma control check

Read more

  • COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) MedlinePlus
    COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is an illness caused by a virus. This virus is a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. It spreads when a person who has the infection breathes out droplets and very small particles that contain the virus. On th…
  • COVID-19 Testing MedlinePlus
    COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a disease caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2. There are two types of tests for this virus:A viral test tells you if you have a current infection. Viral tests can either be rapid tests or laboratory t…
  • COVID-19 Vaccines MedlinePlus
    COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is an illness caused by a virus. This virus is a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Most people with COVID-19 have mild symptoms, but some people become very sick. You can protect yourself by getting a COVI…

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Symptoms, specialties, risk factors and codes from Wikidata (CC0 public domain); reading from MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine. A guide, not a diagnosis: please see a health worker.