{"id":344,"date":"2020-03-01T17:15:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T17:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthissues24.co.za\/?p=344"},"modified":"2020-03-01T17:15:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T17:15:22","slug":"signs-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/signs-of-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Symptoms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cold- or flu-like symptoms usually set in from 2\u20134 days after a coronavirus infection and are typically mild. However, symptoms vary from person-to-person, and some forms of the virus can be fatal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signs of Coronavirus include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>sneezing<\/li><li>runny nose<\/li><li>fatigue<\/li><li>cough<\/li><li>fever\u00a0in rare cases<\/li><li>sore throat<\/li><li>exacerbated\u00a0asthma<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists cannot easily cultivate human coronaviruses in the laboratory unlike the rhinovirus, which is another cause of the common cold. This makes it difficult to gauge the impact of the coronavirus on national economies and public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no cure, so treatments include self-care and over-the-counter (OTC) medication. People can take several steps, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>resting and avoiding overexertion<\/li><li>drinking enough water<\/li><li>avoiding smoking and smoky areas<\/li><li>taking acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or naproxen for pain and fever<\/li><li>using a clean humidifier or cool mist vaporizer<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A doctor can diagnose the virus responsible by taking a sample of respiratory fluids, such as mucus from the nose, or blood.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symptoms Cold- or flu-like symptoms usually set in from 2\u20134 days after a coronavirus infection and are typically mild. However, symptoms vary from person-to-person, and some forms of the virus can be fatal. Signs of Coronavirus include: sneezing runny nose fatigue cough fever\u00a0in rare cases sore throat exacerbated\u00a0asthma Scientists cannot easily cultivate human coronaviruses in\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/signs-of-coronavirus\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}