To these it seems that the coronavirus no longer has secrets for us.
We believe we know everything about its causes, its variants, its mutations… and even its symptoms and its consequences.
But things are not so simple.
It is true that we all know by heart the symptoms that the original coronavirus had:
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Cough
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Sore throat
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He drowned
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Fatigue
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General discomfort
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Exhaustion throughout the body…
But the symptoms did not end in those perfectly recognizable and localizable sensations.
Because, as in all infectious diseases, common symptoms are joined by other very unusual and sometimes even surprising ones.
These are what are often called “confusing symptoms”.
Loss of smell and taste, interruption of the menstrual cycle…
The loss of smell and taste was the first of the confusing symptoms that appeared linked to the pandemic and became an unequivocal sign of the disease.
But it was not the only one.
It was also claimed that COVID-19 had the potential to interrupt menstrual cycles, which was also blamed on the vaccine, as some women stated after receiving the injections.
But as we’ve learned more about the coronavirus, we’ve been discovering less common symptoms.
“They seem taken from a children’s story”
They are so rare that an infectious disease specialist even said that they look like something out of a children’s story.
Thus, a study carried out with more than 60,000 people who tested positive for COVID-19 and published in The Lancet found that a small percentage experienced:
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ringing in the ears
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Eye pain
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Rashes
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Red bumps on the face or lips
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Hair loss
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unusual joint pain
Confusing symptoms: Does SARS-CoV-2 get into the blood?
In addition to that study, a larger analysis conducted in Great Britain following responses from more than 600,000 patients, showed that a fraction of people with COVID also developed more striking and striking symptoms whose cause is far from clear.
Some specialists consider that it could be due to genetics of the different people.
Others talk about the vaccination status it can be key, since an unvaccinated person could have a more serious infection and for a longer time, which could lead to a different development of symptoms.
There are also those who consider that the problem could be that, as has been observed in a recent discovery, in some (few) people SARS-CoV-2 can enter the bloodstream. And that would open the possibility that the virus could enter various organs of the body, thus causing symptoms beyond the respiratory system.
But the reality is that neither doctors nor researchers are sure why only some people develop such unusual symptoms as:
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hairy tongue
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COVID foot
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purple fingers
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Pin pricks
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tingles
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Numbness throughout the body.
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Welts that sprout on their faces as if they had received a whiplash…
It is not even clear if these symptoms are caused by the virus or are really a response from our body.
The advantage is that each of these symptoms, if they are really caused by the coronavirus, usually resolves itself in a matter of weeks. And most of the time, no need for treatment.
These are the most common confusing symptoms:
hairy tongue or black tongue
Normally the healthy cells of the tongue are replaced every so often. But if the new ones are born and the older cells persist, they accumulate one on top of the other.
This causes a dark, thick, fuzzy overgrowth to form, commonly known as hairy tongue or hairy tongue or even black tongue.
But as one of the leading researchers of these symptoms, Dr. Chin-Hong, explains:
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“I know hairy tongue sounds really scary, but it’s more common than people think and people who are suffering from it right now shouldn’t be scared because it’s usually temporary.”
This symptom may also be accompanied by a burning sensation Inside the mouth.
But it is not an original discovery of the .
Before the pandemic, doctors had already seen patients with “hairy tongue” related to viral infections, smoking, antibiotic use and even poor hygiene.
And it can be smoothed out. People with hairy tongues can use a tongue scraper or toothbrush to scrape off those cells.
But what they should do is exercise good oral hygiene to avoid further accumulation of cells.
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