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Synopsis of symptoms of COVID-19 during second wave of the pandemic in India

  • Prafull Kamble , Vandana Daulatabad EMAIL logo , Nitin John ORCID logo and Jyoti John

Abstract

COVID-19 was caused by the original coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome associated coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV2), which originated in Wuhan, China. COVID-19 had a large breakout of cases in early 2020, resulting in an epidemic that turned into a pandemic. This quickly enveloped the global healthcare system. The principal testing method for COVID-19 detection, according to the WHO, is reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Isolation of patients, quarantine, masking, social distancing, sanitizer use, and complete lockdown were all vital health-care procedures for everyone. With the ‘new normal’ and vaccination programmes, the number of cases and recovered patients began to rise months later. The easing of restrictions during the plateau phase resulted in a rebound of instances, which hit the people with more ferocity and vengeance towards the start of April 2021. Coronaviruses have evolved to cause respiratory, enteric, hepatic, and neurologic diseases, resulting in a wide range of diseases and symptoms such as fever, cough, myalgia or fatigue, shortness of breath, muscle ache, headache, sore throat, rhinorrhea, hemoptysis, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, anosmia, and ageusia. Coronavirus infections can be mild, moderate, or severe in intensity. COVID-19 pulmonary dysfunction includes lung edoema, ground-glass opacities, surfactant depletion, and alveolar collapse. Patients who presented with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms such as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhoea had a higher risk of negative outcomes. COVID-19’s influence on cognitive function is one of COVID-19’s long-term effects. More clinical situations need to be reviewed by healthcare professionals so that an appropriate management protocol may be developed to reduce morbidity and death in future coming third/fourth wave cases.


Corresponding author: Dr. Vandana Daulatabad, MD, Professor, RVM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Siddipet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Mobile: +91 7774041989, E-mail:

Acknowledgements

We are thankful to Prof. Dr. Vikas Bhatia, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bibinagar, Hyderabad, for his precious guidance and constant support.

  1. Research funding: None.

  2. Author contribution: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interest: None to declare.

  4. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

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Received: 2021-05-16
Accepted: 2021-11-22
Published Online: 2021-12-07

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