Distinguishing the symptoms of Covid 19 and allergic rhinitis is essential to avoid having numerous swabs during the next few months. Let’s see the information provided by the Bambin Gesù Hospital.
the respiratory tract they are most affected during the autumn and winter months. Catching a cold is quite as simple with large changes in temperature as it is easy to manifest the allergy in a period when you spend a lot of time indoors. It thus becomes crucial for doctors to be able to distinguish the symptoms of cold from those of allergic rhinitis and those of Covid 19. The risk is the prescription of continuous annoying tampons especially for children. Hence the need for a study conducted by the Bambin Gesù Pediatric Hospital. Almost one hundred doctors they answered a questionnaire and the results obtained were published in the scientific journal Allergy.
Covid and allergic rhinitis, how to distinguish them
Covid 19 can lead to serious health consequences e recognize the disease in time can help control symptoms. Generally speaking, dyspnoea, cough, general malaise, nasal congestion and fever are associated with Covid. Let’s talk, therefore, of symptoms that affect the upper and lower respiratory tract and which are also found in a simple cooling or allergic rhinitis.
To distinguish diseases, therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to a more complete symptomatology. Itchy nose, conjunctivitis, constant sneezing and eye itching are typical of allergic rhinitis and not Covid 19, nor the cold. The latter is mainly characterized by a runny nose, sore throat, stuffy nose and does not involve itching in the nasal cavity. On the other hand, it is very likely Covid, if there are symptoms among the symptoms loss of taste and smell, intense cough and shortness of breath. Coronavirus does not cause itchy nose or eye discomfort such as tearing, redness and itching.
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The App to distinguish symptoms
The study of the Infant Jesus involved doctors from all over the world considered experts in diseases of the respiratory tract. In the questionnaire administered, they were asked to evaluate five nasal symptoms, three ocular symptoms and taste, smell, wheezing, cough and sore throat. The results can be of help to doctors in order to identify Covid, allergic rhinitis or cold starting from the symptoms manifested by the patient. Of course, we are still in the midst of a challenge aimed at identifying a correct assessment.
Knowledge of Covid is not complete and each person tends to manifest different consequences. With some tools, however, it is possible limit quarantines and reduce the number of tampons. One such tool is l’app MASK-Air, free, which if perfected with the data of the questionnaire could help distinguish cases of Covid from those of allergic rhinitis and colds.