Corona virus is a type of virus that can infect the respiratory tract meaning the nose mouth throat sinuses or lungs, apart from that a person get infection through eyes as well if he touches his eyes with infected hands. There are many types of corona viruses and most cause only mild illness such as the common cold but some corona viruses can cause some severe illness the most likely way a person could get infection is by droplets that contain the virus .These droplets carry the virus into the air and can infect a person by entering through the nose ,eyes, mouth ,throat and lungs of a person who is within 6 feet or 2 meters of a infected person. The virus infects the lungs causing the lungs to become inflamed .The alveolar sacs have to be healthy for the body to breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Infection of the virus causes damage to the cells of the lungs and triggers an inflammatory reaction, fever may develop with severe inflammation .Inflammatory fluid fills the lungs this reduces the function of the alveolar resulting in coughing and difficulty breathing. There are chances that oxygen level in the blood decrease in some people who become seriously ill other organs may be affected such as the kidneys or the heart
Below are the Day to Day Signs and Symptoms of Corona virus.
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Symptoms of Corona virus |