If we were young and healthy, then having COVID-19 could be like a dose of the flu if we noticed. However, we would still be infectious and might make older people become ill. Folk like grandma and grandpa, even mum and dad could die. But how would we know if we had COVID-19 unless we knew the symptoms to watch for?
The Common Symptoms to Watch For COVID-19
If we had a fever or a chill, some virus may have got hold of us. If we have a worsening cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing then we may have caught the coronavirus.
If we also had some kind of fatigue, body ache, new loss the sense of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea, or vomiting and diarrhea then it’s a no-brainer. We could kill grandma, grandpa, even ma or pa if we don’t take precautions.
Nasty COVID-19 travels between people on their breath, or in the coughs and sneezes they dump on surfaces other people touch. Sure, wearing a face mask is a pain. However, if you carried a coffin of a loved one, you know what pain really is.
How Soon Would We Know We Had COVID-19?
That’s the big problem we all face. Symptoms can take two to fourteen days to show after we catch the disease. We might not know if we had COVID-19 during this period. We might not know we had the disease at all, but keep infecting other people.
Young people could get seriously ill too. They could suffocate to death when their lungs fill with fluid from acute respiratory disease symptom, and they can’t breathe any more. Their minds would grow dim as their lives ebbed away. We could spend the rest of our lives grieving a loved one. Just because we weren’t that concerned how we would know if we had COVID-19.
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