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The treatment and management of COVID-19 combines both supportive care, which includes treatment to relieve symptoms, fluid therapy, oxygen support as needed, [1][2][3] and a growing list of approved medications. Highly effective vaccines have reduced mortality related to SARS-CoV-2; however, for those awaiting vaccination, as well as for the ...
The symptoms of COVID-19 are variable depending on the type of variant contracted, ranging from mild symptoms to a potentially fatal illness. [1][2] Common symptoms include coughing, fever, loss of smell (anosmia) and taste (ageusia), with less common ones including headaches, nasal congestion and runny nose, muscle pain, sore throat, diarrhea ...
Long COVID or long-haul COVID is a group of health problems persisting or developing after an initial period of COVID-19 infection. Symptoms can last weeks, months or years and are often debilitating. [3] The World Health Organization defines long COVID as starting three months after the initial COVID-19 infection, but other agencies define it ...
Four million per year [ 12 ][ 13 ] Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. [ 3 ][ 14 ] Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. [ 15 ] The severity of the condition is variable.
Early symptoms of RSV in children can include a runny nose, reduced appetite and a cough, which may progress to wheezing. Infants less than 6 months old will almost always show symptoms that can ...
The involvement of both the central and peripheral nervous system in COVID‑19 has been reported in many medical publications. [135] It is clear that many people with COVID-19 exhibit neurological or mental health issues. The virus is not detected in the central nervous system (CNS) of the majority of COVID-19 patients with neurological issues.
More than 41,000 people in the U.S. died of pneumonia in 2022, according to the CDC. Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination ...
An elderly woman receiving a COVID-19 vaccination in Slovakia. A COVID-19 vaccine is intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 .