New corona symptom? Common pain could be due to Covid-19

Covid-19 as a “young” disease still poses many puzzles to doctors.

Now French doctors observed a symptom that has not yet been described.

• Fever and cough: typical symptoms of a coronavirus infection *.

  Shortness of breath and the loss of the sense of smell and taste are also known signs.

• But there could be more symptoms of Covid 19 infection.

• French doctors discovered a

  surprising connection.

Abdominal pain as a new corona symptom?

Many women know stomach ache all too well.

These can go hand in hand with menstruation and be sometimes more, sometimes less pronounced.

But acute abdominal pain can also be an atypical symptom of a coronavirus infection, according to the results of a French study.

Three patients were admitted to the emergency room of a community clinic in Montpellier, France, and examined there because of acute abdominal pain.

And a case from the Australian state of Queensland also confirms the suspicion that acute abdominal pain could be an indication of a coronavirus * infection.

A nurse had reportedly been tested for acute abdominal pain - with a positive result.

The portal yahoo quoted Queensland's Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Steven Miles: “

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But he was incredibly smart and identified it as a symptom that can actually be caused by COVID-19 * ".

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Coronavirus infection can manifest itself as severe abdominal pain

What was conspicuous: CT scans made of the three French patients showed no abnormalities in the abdomen.

However, lung lesions were found on both lungs, as is common with Covid-19.

In the study published in the Clinical Medicine Journal, the doctors come to the conclusion: “

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In our case series, the CT findings helped us to suspect the correct diagnosis, which was then confirmed with Covid-19 RT-PCR tests. "The new finding is intended to sensitize medical professionals to coronavirus infection in patients with severe abdominal pain Consider.

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