{"id":9043,"date":"2024-07-05T09:02:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T09:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=9043"},"modified":"2024-07-05T09:24:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T09:24:02","slug":"stomach-pain-diarrhea-and-more-overlooked-covid-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=9043","title":{"rendered":"Stomach Pain, Diarrhea and More Overlooked Covid Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gastrointestinal issues are a common but often unrecognized sign of infection.<\/p>\n

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In January 2020, a man who would become known as the first documented<\/a> Covid-19 patient in the United States arrived at an urgent care clinic.<\/p>\n

Two of his symptoms, a cough and a fever, were among those that would become known as the telltale symptoms of Covid. But the patient had also experienced two days of nausea and vomiting.<\/p>\n

Many of us associate Covid with respiratory issues. But some people who get sick with the virus never experience a sore throat, coughing or body aches, said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco. Certain people end up feeling more like they have food poisoning than anything else.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because coronavirus is \u201clike throwing a bomb in your body,\u201d said Dr. Ken Cadwell, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania who studies how Covid affects the gut. \u201cYou\u2019re going to feel that in multiple different organs, not just the lungs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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With Covid cases climbing, and the so-called \u201cFLiRT\u201d variants<\/a> fueling yet another summer spread, here\u2019s how to spot, and address, the lesser-known gastrointestinal symptoms.<\/p>\n