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The document discusses the symptoms of COVID-19 which range from mild to severe and include headache, loss of smell and taste, cough, fever, and breathing difficulties. It notes that some people experience long-term effects like fatigue for months after initial recovery.

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Symptoms of COVID

The document discusses the symptoms of COVID-19 which range from mild to severe and include headache, loss of smell and taste, cough, fever, and breathing difficulties. It notes that some people experience long-term effects like fatigue for months after initial recovery.

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Symptoms of COVID-19 

are variable, ranging from mild symptoms to severe


illness.[33][34] Common symptoms include headache,[35] loss of smell[36] and taste,
[37]
 nasal congestion and runny nose, cough, muscle pain, sore throat, fever,
[38]
 diarrhea, and breathing difficulties.[39] People with the same infection may have
different symptoms, and their symptoms may change over time. Three common
clusters of symptoms have been identified: one respiratory symptom cluster with
cough, sputum, shortness of breath, and fever; a musculoskeletal symptom
cluster with muscle and joint pain, headache, and fatigue; a cluster of digestive
symptoms with abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea.[39] In people without prior
ear, nose, and throat disorders, loss of taste combined with loss of smell is
associated with COVID-19.[40]
Of people who show symptoms, 81% develop only mild to moderate symptoms
(up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia,
or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging) and 5% of patients suffer critical
symptoms (respiratory failure, shock, or multiorgan dysfunction).[41] At least a third
of the people who are infected with the virus do not develop noticeable
symptoms at any point in time.[42][43][44][45] These asymptomatic carriers tend not to
get tested and can spread the disease.[45][46][47][48] Other infected people will develop
symptoms later, called "pre-symptomatic", or have very mild symptoms and can
also spread the virus.[48]
As is common with infections, there is a delay between the moment a person first
becomes infected and the appearance of the first symptoms. The median delay
for COVID-19 is four to five days.[49] Most symptomatic people experience
symptoms within two to seven days after exposure, and almost all will experience
at least one symptom within 12 days.[49][50]
Most people recover from the acute phase of the disease. However, some
people – over half of a cohort of home-isolated young patients[51][52] – continue to
experience a range of effects–such as fatigue–for months after recovery –
named long COVID – and damage to organs has been observed. Multi-year
studies are underway to further investigate the long-term effects of the disease

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