COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms—A Case Report
COVID-19, a new illness secondary to a novel Coronavirus emerged in December 2019 in China. Our early understanding of the clinical features of COVID-19 has been based on case series emerging from the first outbreak in Wuhan. These features included fever, a dry cough, myalgia and dyspnea. Gastroint...
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| author | Alistair J. Mackett Victoria L. Keevil |
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| description | COVID-19, a new illness secondary to a novel Coronavirus emerged in December 2019 in China. Our early understanding of the clinical features of COVID-19 has been based on case series emerging from the first outbreak in Wuhan. These features included fever, a dry cough, myalgia and dyspnea. Gastrointestinal symptoms were rarely reported as a key feature. We present a case report of a 74-year-old male who presented with symptoms of gastroenteritis and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. This article aims to highlight an uncommon presentation of COVID-19 and that a high index of suspicion is required for COVID-19 in older people given their greater likelihood of presenting atypically. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a0139d27bee4b90839de696cb469afc2023-11-20T00:31:41ZengMDPI AGGeriatrics2308-34172020-05-01523110.3390/geriatrics5020031COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms—A Case ReportAlistair J. Mackett0Victoria L. Keevil1Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UKDepartment of Medicine for the Elderly, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UKCOVID-19, a new illness secondary to a novel Coronavirus emerged in December 2019 in China. Our early understanding of the clinical features of COVID-19 has been based on case series emerging from the first outbreak in Wuhan. These features included fever, a dry cough, myalgia and dyspnea. Gastrointestinal symptoms were rarely reported as a key feature. We present a case report of a 74-year-old male who presented with symptoms of gastroenteritis and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. This article aims to highlight an uncommon presentation of COVID-19 and that a high index of suspicion is required for COVID-19 in older people given their greater likelihood of presenting atypically.https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/5/2/31COVID-19oldergastrointestinal |
| spellingShingle | Alistair J. Mackett Victoria L. Keevil COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms—A Case Report Geriatrics COVID-19 older gastrointestinal |
| title | COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms—A Case Report |
| title_full | COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms—A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms—A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms—A Case Report |
| title_short | COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms—A Case Report |
| title_sort | covid 19 and gastrointestinal symptoms a case report |
| topic | COVID-19 older gastrointestinal |
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