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Updated October 22, 2024 at 9:33 AM How the body responds to COVID-19 will vary from one person to the next, and the same goes for the recovery period from the virus.
Betacoronavirus hongkonense [1] ( commonly called Human coronavirus HKU1 abbreviated as HCoV-HKU1) is a species of coronavirus in humans and animals. It causes an upper respiratory disease with symptoms of the common cold, but can advance to pneumonia and bronchiolitis. [2]
Droplets that are below a certain critical size, generally thought to be <100μm diameter, evaporate faster than they settle; due to that fact, they form respiratory aerosol particles that remain airborne for a long period of time over extensive distances. [6] [1] Infectivity can begin four to five days before the onset of symptoms. [7]
Antiviral treatment may be necessary for infected patients that end up in the intensive care unit (ICU) due to acute respiratory infection. Intravenous immunoglobulin is an FDA approved HCoV-NL63 inhibitor that is also used to treat primary immune deficiency , RSV , and Kawasaki disease , although it is not approved for the treatment of HCoV-NL63.
As COVID and the flu continue to spread in South Carolina, here’s how long each virus can make you sick and what you can expect.
Symptoms improving: End isolation after five days (as long as fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication). Moderate illness (like breathing difficulty): Isolate for 10 days.
Around 10% to 30% of non-hospitalised people with COVID-19 go on to develop long COVID. For those that do need hospitalisation, the incidence of long-term effects is over 50%. [76] Long COVID is an often severe multisystem disease with a large set of symptoms. There are likely various, possibly coinciding, causes. [76]
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