The Coronavirus ravages human body and the experts believe the virus can live inside the respiratory tracts for at least five weeks.
Tens of thousands people from aroun the world has infected by Coronavirus. But still a little known about the highly contagious illness. Covid-19 spread for the first time in Wuhan China in late December. The new Coronavirus ravages human body and the experts believe the virus can live inside the respiratory tracts for at least five weeks.
But until now, still no vaccine or specific treatment. The researches still learning about how it attacks the body, how it can be treated and if there are any long-term effects.
Coronavirus infects the tissues and airways deep inside the lungs.
Symptoms resemble the flu and include fever, dry cough, fatigue and shortness of breath. Some people suffer muscle pain, a sore throat , a runny nose or diarrhoea.Coronavirus can make progress to become a pneumonia and cause severe lung damage or organ failure in severe cases. CT scans can see what’s going on in infected Coronavirus body.
The UK’s Department of Health says on its website: “Typical symptoms of Coronavirus include fever and a cough that may progress to a severe pneumonia causing shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. “Generally, Coronavirus can cause more severe symptoms in people with weakened immune systems, older people, and those with long-term conditions like diabetes, cancer and chronic lung disease.”
According to the World Health Organisation, about 80 per cent of patients recover without requiring specialist treatment. Then about one in six suffers a serious case and suffers breathing difficulties. Professor Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, said about one per cent of Coronavirus patients in the UK could die. The most at risk include the elderly and people with underlying health conditions.
The long terms effects of this disease still being researched by doctors. But doctors in Hong Kong said ome patients who have recovered from Covid-19 are now suffering from reduced lung function – by as much as 30 per cent – and can no longer do some of the activities they enjoyed in the past. Dr Owen Tsang Tak-yin, head of the Infectious Disease Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital said “some patients might have around a drop of 20 to 30 per cent in lung function.”
Even though the experts still investigate, but it spread by in droplets an infected person’s coughs or sneezes, which can be brought in through the mouth, nose or eyes of others. Health officials said the virus can live on hard surfaces such as plastic for up to 72 hours and soft surfaces for about 24 hours.
How is it treated?
There is no specific treatment for Coronavirus and it could be a year before a vaccine is rolled out for public use. The NHS said: “Antibiotics do not help, as they do not work against viruses. Actually treatment aims to relieve the symptoms while your body fights the illness. “You’ll need to stay in isolation, away from other people, until you have recovered.”
The Department of Health is telling people to stay home for seven days if they have a high temperature and a new, continuous cough.”This will help to protect others in your community while you are infectious,” it said.
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