It is imperiled to know what happens to the human body after it catches the novel coronavirus. In China, the death toll from the coronavirus has surged past to 2,592 on or after Feb 23, however, the world health organization has cautioned that the window of opportunity to curtail the fatal virus was “narrowing”.
Since the epidemic has been started in mainland China, it has affected over 78,000 people and infected people from all over the world. Mostly, deaths and infections were reported in China.
Despite 99 percent of cases reported in China, there is a reign of fear regarding the novel coronavirus in the world.
With the spreading of fear, researchers and scientists across the globe are working out to comprehend the new virus and its impact on the human body.
The COVID-19 belongs to the family of SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome virus that starts with the common cold and lead to respiratory issues. The coronavirus is linked to the middle east respiratory syndrome.
The animal source of the virus is yet to be defined, however, the virus has spread from human to human. The respiratory droplets such as those generated by coughing and sneezing by an infected person are the major cause of transmission of the virus. Usually, it takes five to six days for a person to show symptoms of the coronavirus. Nevertheless, some patients might take a longer time to display any sign of the disease or any sign of the epidemic altogether.
The virus can cause a range of symptoms once it starts multiplying in the respiratory tract, as stated by Dr.Maria Van Kerkhove, the head of the WHO emergency program.
She told “You have mild cases, which look like the common cold, which have some respiratory symptoms, sore throat, runny nose, fever, all the way through pneumonia. And there can be varying levels of severity of pneumonia all the way through multi-organ failure and death” while addressing reporters in Geneva.
Though, in many cases, symptoms were mild.
Kerkhove maintained, “We’ve seen some data on about 17,000 cases and, overall, 82 percent of those are mild, 15 percent of those are severe and 3 percent of those are classified as critical”.
The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) published a study of 138 patients suffering from the COVID-19. The study revealed that the most common signs of the disease included fatigue, fever, and dry cough. About one-third of the patients reported problems like nausea and diarrhea.
According to the journal research, “Cases in children have been rare”. The patients seeking treatment in Wuhan’s Zhongnan hospital range from 22-92.
According to JAMA, “most cases appeared to be mild, all the patients developed pneumonia”.
Almost a third afterward developed symptoms like severe breathing problems, calling for treatment in the intense care unit. The older people were critically ill with other underlying issues like hypertension and diabetes.
The death rate was 4.3, with six died out of 138 patients. The figure is alarming as it is much higher than the statics reported in other parts of China.
For now, research published in the Lancet Medical Journal found out a relatively novel term “cytokine storm” in coronavirus sufferers, particularly those with severe illness. The cytokine storm is a severe immune response in which the body produces immune cells and proteins that can be annihilating to the body organs.
Some experts put forth this can an appropriate explanation for the younger patients. The reports show that people who died in their 30s to 50s from the coronavirus died without any history of poor illness.–Worldwide News