For a certain generation of viewers, Larry King, 87, will always be the favorite guy for interviews with notable journalists – the man even hosts a program called Larry King Now. This week, he himself made headlines, for a very familiar reason: King was hospitalized with COVID-19. CNN—Where King presented a program for 25 years – was the first to report the news, saying that King “was hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for more than a week,” according to a source. “Due to hospital protocols, King’s three children were unable to visit him.” King is what experts call “high risk” because of medical problems like diabetes and a history of lung cancer and heart attacks. How do you know if you may be infected? Keep reading – and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss out on these Clear signs that you’ve had the coronavirus.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease specialist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called this a “revealing” sign of COVID-19, because it is very unusual. According Harvard Health: “Our findings indicate that the new coronavirus changes the sense of smell in patients, not directly infecting neurons, but affecting the function of support cells,” said the study’s senior author. Robert Datta Sandeep, associate professor of neurobiology at the HMS Blavatnik Institute.
A temperature of 100.4 degrees or more can be a cause for concern; Fever is often the first symptom of COVID-19, although it may not necessarily appear. “In my case, I am 69 years old,” Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson told Fox News about his struggle with coronavirus. “I know that a lot of people think I don’t look that old, but I am and I have a number of comorbidities. Because of the comorbidities, I was unable to mount an adequate antibody response and it deteriorated very quickly,” he said. “Fever, chills, I couldn’t even contain the water, pain, cough, breathing problems … I think we need to emphasize that there are certain people in our society who are vulnerable,” he said.
COVID cough does not traditionally produce phlegm. O NHS it also says that a warning sign is “coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more episodes of coughing in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than normal.”
COVID can cause pain in the muscles, tendons and joints. You may remember King’s fellow talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres, who described “severe” back pain. “One thing they don’t say is that you have, in some way, terrible back pain,” said the talk show host in the video. “I didn’t know it was a symptom, but I talked to other people – back pain.”
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“People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of reported symptoms – from mild symptoms to serious illnesses,” says the CDC. “Symptoms can appear 2 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
This list does not include all possible symptoms. “Contact your doctor if you have any of the symptoms you read here, get tested if you do and, to protect your life and the lives of others, do not visit any of these 35 places you’re most likely to reach COVID.