What are the symptoms of pneumonia in COVID-19?

After being infected with COVID-19, fever, general weakness, dry cough, shortness of breath, septic shock and other phenomena generally occur.

1. After novel coronavirus was infected with fever, the main clinical symptom of most patients was fever. If patients go to high-risk areas or have close contact with confirmed patients, they usually need to be vigilant when their body temperature exceeds 37.3 degrees. Patients need to go to the fever clinic of the local hospital for examination and treatment in time.

2, general weakness When novel coronavirus invades the human body, it will seriously damage the human immune system, resulting in decreased immunity of patients. Patients may have symptoms such as general weakness, and even severe cases may not be able to complete simple actions such as dressing and fastening by themselves.

3, dry cough novel coronavirus also belongs to respiratory diseases, so patients infected with novel coronavirus, respiratory symptoms may also appear, such as dry cough, cough, etc. A few patients may also have a small amount of expectoration or sputum. With the gradual aggravation of the disease, patients may even have difficulty breathing and respiratory failure.

4. Shortness of breath When COVID-19's disease is serious or critical, there are many small plaques and interstitial changes outside the lung through imaging examination. With the development of the disease, there are ground glass shadows and infiltration shadows in the lungs, and patients may have acute respiratory distress syndrome. At this time, there are usually manifestations such as shortness of breath, which need to be relieved by oxygen supply from the ventilator.

5. Septicemia may occur when COVID-19's condition is serious, which indicates that the patient has multiple organ dysfunction and failure, and may even cause shock. COVID-19 patients should exercise properly and strengthen nutrition during treatment, which can improve their own resistance and immune system, and is conducive to the recovery of their illness.

In addition, personal protective measures should be taken during the treatment, such as wearing a mask, to prevent the virus from spreading through the air and causing infection among medical staff.