Do I Have Covid-19: Short Manual for People with Symptoms

Do I Have Covid-19: Short Manual for People with Symptoms

About 200,000 people in Bulgaria have been infected with Covid-19 since the beginning of the epidemic, according to official data from the information system of the Ministry of Health. Although patients, their relatives and institutions have been gaining experience in dealing with COVID-19 for nine months now, official summary information with the most common questions about the disease and their answers is missing, except for a few videos posted on the official website about the Coronavirus.

Dnevnik gathered some of the information that can be found through official and informal sources and which can serve as a guide to non-specialists in case of suspected infection.

The explanations offered here come from documents of Bulgarian and foreign institutions, from media appearances of doctors and scientists, as well as summaries of treatment manuals published on social networks in other countries and observations of medics who have already encountered the disease.

Despite the information gathered, in case of doubts and concerns over COVID-19, the key advice is to seek consultation with a doctor - general practitioner or specialist, and to avoid self-medication.

Symptoms that warn of COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) lists a number of symptoms of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (the virus causing COVID-19), many of which are supplemented in the course of the pandemic development of and knowledge of the disease. The most common symptoms are:

- high temperature; dry cough; tiredness.

Other symptoms that are less common and may occur in some patients are: loss of taste or sense of smell, nasal congestion,...