The report of the mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) in China includes a sore throat among the symptoms that patients with coronavirus may suffer. Only 13.9% of those affected have this characteristic, but it can be an indicator that, along with other signs, warn of the presence of the virus in our body.
Now, if this symptom is not associated with fever, cough or feeling of shortness of breath, it is possible that your discomfort is not related to the disease or, if not, that you have been infected and you belong to the 80% that recover unnecessarily to perform any treatment.
Sore throat, preceded by a dry cough
"A sore throat is a rare symptom in coronavirus patients. It is usually preceded by the aforementioned "dry cough" and caused largely by "coughing spells". It can present with irritation and redness of the oropharynx and region of both tonsils without discharge or purulent content. Sometimes it is accompanied by pain when swallowing, also known as odynophagia ”, points out Dr. Manuel Menduiña Guillén, specialist in Internal Medicine and member of Doctoralia.
DO NOT STAY WITH THE DOUBT: TAKE AN ONLINE TEST
Although it is not a particularly indicative symptom of the disease, if you suspect that you may be incubating it and you want to find out, you can virtually perform the test quite reliably. The Government has launched coronamadrid.com, a website to serve citizens who have been infected with COVID-19 or who suspect they are sick. This tool allows the user to evaluate their health situation based on their symptoms every 12 hours and receive instructions and recommendations according to their condition. The Generalitat de Catalunya has launched an app for iOS and Android with a similar objective.
These initiatives aim to help citizens while decongesting helplines and providing health authorities with more accurate information about the epidemic.
