detect COVID-19 patients at risk
common symptoms
The common symptoms of COVID-19 are: High temperature, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, aching muscles, loss of smell and/or taste.
it's all about the lungs
The most severe symptoms of COVID-19 are lung diseases like pneumonia (an infection in which the lung's air sacs fill with fluid/pus) or respiratory falure.
severe condition, no pain
There are COVID-19 patients in a severe condition without experiencing any difficulty breathing and without pain, being awake and talking.
silent hypnoxia
COVID-19 pneumonia initially causes a form of oxygen deprivation called «silent hypnoxia», silent because of its insidious and hard to detect nature.
low oxygen saturation
COVID-19 pneumonia is dangerous when the patient is far along with it and in a severe condition whereas his low blood oxygen level is undetected.
pulse oximeters
Oxygen saturation can be mesured noninvasively. Pulse oximeters detect low oxygen levels in an early stage, before symptoms worsen.
videos to learn more about diagnosing covid-19 pneumonia
