The doctor said that the main symptoms of the coronavirus were problems with the gastrointestinal tract

by time news

The head of the clinical research department of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Khadizhat Omarova said that with coronavirus, symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract began to occur much more often.

The overall prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms is 15%, she said.

“Scientists have conducted a meta-analysis of 35 studies in patients infected with COVID-19 and found that the overall prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms is 15%. The most common are diarrhea, loss of appetite, vomiting and nausea, ”added Omarova.

It is specified that every tenth patient may not have manifestations of the disease at all. GI symptoms became much more common during the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, she said. This is due to the fact that the virus is constantly mutating.

Now scientists are considering the hypothesis that the gastrointestinal tract, as well as the respiratory organs, can serve as the “gateway” for the coronavirus.

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