Which COVID-19 symptoms require medical intervention?
Symptoms are classified as, moderate, severe and critical.
In severe and critical cases, the inflammation can be due to excess fluid in the lungs.
Other symptoms may be fatigue, sore throat, headache, gastric discomfort, muscle pain, chills, and a runny nose.
Here’s an article from theladders.com
reports that more than 80% of laboratory-confirmed cases were defined as mild-to-moderate, 14% were severe and 6% could be described as critical. Oxygen levels in the blood are the most instructive predictors of prognosis, though lung damage that worsens by 50% or more within a 24 to 48-hour window informs supportive treatment methods.
Mild to moderate cases often include fever and respiratory complications but only severe cases require the aid of a ventilator. Patients with rapidly escalating forms of Covid-19 often exceed 12 to 20 breaths a minute by day five of infection.
For mild to moderate cases, the majority of these symptoms will no longer be present by day seven. For severe and critical cases, the disease often progresses to pneumonia. Depending on the severity of this stage, some patients will be in recovery for weeks or even months while others will either succumb or develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
SOURCE: theladders.com
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